Saddle on horseback, armour on general(ān bù lí mǎ bèi，jiǎ bù lí jiàng shēn)

Saddle on horseback, armour on general

Saddle does not leave horse's back, armour does not leave general's body, pronunciation is ā Nb ù L í m ǎ B è I, Ji ǎ B ù L í Ji à ngsh ē n, Chinese idiom, meaning to be on high alert. It comes from the collection of Dunhuang Bianwen (Volume 1) the change of Han General's mausoleum.

explain

Armor: armor. If a horse doesn't take off his saddle, a man doesn't take off his armor. On high alert.

source

"The saddle does not leave the horse's back, the armor does not leave the general's body."

usage

He ordered his officers to be on high alert

Chinese PinYin : ān bù lí mǎ bèi，jiǎ bù lí jiàng shēn