The army did not move, food and grass first(bīng mǎ wèi dòng, liáng cǎo xiān xíng)

The army did not move, food and grass first

It's a Chinese idiom that soldiers and horses don't move and food and grass come first. The Pinyin is B ī NGM ǎ w è ID ò ng, Li á NGC ǎ oxi ā nx í ng, which means that soldiers and horses don't move and food and grass come first. It means to prepare food and grass before sending troops. It's a metaphor for making preparations in advance before doing something. From: expedition in the forest.

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"Expedition in the forest" by Lin zhancai: "he said sympathetically:" yes: "before the troops and horses move, the grain and grass will go first." This is the old rule of using troops since ancient times. How can you go so far without food? " the same as "soldiers and horses do not move, food and grass first", first came from "Nanpi County annals · local records · ballad", as a folk saying. (the first volume of Nanpi County annals, Volume 14, compiled by Zhao Wenkui and Liu Shuxin, printed in 1933)

Examples

Zhang Zhen's "wise foresight, correct campaign policy": "without moving troops and horses, food and grass go first! In addition to ensuring the supply of ammunition, grain and grass for the front-line military supplies, millions of people are also desperate to transport and care for the wounded enthusiastically. "

Chinese PinYin : bīng mǎ wèi dòng, liáng cǎo xiān xíng