磨刀不誤砍柴工

Chinese

		to sharpen a knife	not; no	mistake; error; to miss mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect	to chop firewood	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (磨刀不誤砍柴工)		磨刀	不	誤	砍柴	工
simp. (磨刀不误砍柴工)		磨刀	不	误	砍柴	工
Literally: “Sharpening the axe will not hold up the work of chopping firewood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng [Phonetic: módāo bú wù kǎnchái gōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: módao bù wù kǎnchái gong
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tao¹ pu⁴ wu⁴ kʻan³-chʻai² kung¹
    • Yale: mwó-dāu bù wù kǎn-chái gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: modau bu wuh kaanchair gong
    • Palladius: модао бу у каньчай гун (modao bu u kanʹčaj gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

磨刀不誤砍柴工

1. Making full preparation will not delay your job but quicken the process.