not dig a well until one thirsty ---- not make timely preparations(lín kě chuān jǐng)

not dig a well until one thirsty ---- not make timely preparations

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l í NK ě Chu ā NJ ǐ ng, which means to think of digging a well when thirsty, and it means to think of a way when something is coming. It comes from Huangdi Neijing Suwen Siqi Tiaoshen Da Lun.

The origin of Idioms

In the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, Su Wen, Si Qi Tiao Shen Da Lun: "it's not too late for husband's disease to be treated after it has become a medicine, and chaos to be treated after it has become a medicine. For example, it's still too late to go through a well and cast a cone after a fight."

Idiom usage

When things come to an end, they can only find a way. Song Dynasty, Zhang Junfang's Yunji Qiqian, volume 118

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: eager to dig a well

Chinese PinYin : lín kě chuān jǐng