Cast a soldier in the face of adversity(lín nàn zhù bīng)

Cast a soldier in the face of adversity

Casting troops in the face of adversity: "the drowning don't ask the team, the lost don't ask the way. If you drown and then ask the team, if you are lost and then ask the way, for example, when you are in danger and suddenly cast troops, when you are choking and suddenly dig a well, you can't do it as fast as you can. "

explain

In the face of crisis, weapons were forged. It's a metaphor for not making preparations at ordinary times, but trying to do something temporarily.

source

According to the biography of Wei Rui in the book of Liang Dynasty, "when the thief has arrived at the bottom of the city, he will ask for the army again. When he is in danger, he will cast his army. How can he reach the horse's belly?" According to Yanzi's spring and Autumn Annals, zashang 20: "the drowning don't ask the team, the lost don't ask the way. If you drown and then ask the team, if you are lost and then ask the way, for example, when you are in danger and suddenly cast troops, when you are choking and suddenly dig a well, you can't do it as fast as you can. "

Syntax examples

It's a metaphor for not preparing at ordinary times, but trying to do something temporarily

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