三軍未發，糧草先行

Chinese

		the three armies	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop		rations; provisions	to advance; to move forward; to go ahead of the rest to advance; to move forward; to go ahead of the rest; to start off before the others
trad. (三軍未發，糧草先行)		三軍	未	發	，	糧草	先行
simp. (三军未发，粮草先行)		三军	未	发	，	粮草	先行
Literally: “the rations move first before three armies are dispatched”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānjūnwèifā, liángcǎoxiānxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄐㄩㄣㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚ , ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwan¹ mei⁶ faat³, loeng⁴ cou² sin¹ hang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānjūnwèifā, liángcǎoxiānxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄐㄩㄣㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚ , ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanjyunwèifa, liángcǎosiansíng
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-chün¹-wei⁴-fa¹, liang²-tsʻao³-hsien¹-hsing²
  - Yale: sān-jyūn-wèi-fā-, lyáng-tsǎu-syān-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjiunweyfa, liangtsaoshianshyng
  - Palladius: саньцзюньвэйфа, лянцаосяньсин (sanʹczjunʹvɛjfa, ljancaosjanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ fä⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gwan¹ mei⁶ faat³, loeng⁴ cou² sin¹ hang⁴
  - Yale: sāam gwān meih faat, lèuhng chóu sīn hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwan¹ mei⁶ faat⁸, loeng⁴ tsou² sin¹ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guen¹ méi⁶ fad³, lêng⁴ cou² xin¹ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ mei̯²² faːt̚³ lœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/

Proverb

三軍未發，糧草先行

(figuratively) one has to make preparations being doing something

Synonyms

三軍未動，糧草先行／三军未动，粮草先行 (sānjūnwèidòng, liángcǎoxiānxíng)
兵馬未動，糧草先行／兵马未动，粮草先行

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