be prepared to meet the challenge(yán zhèn yǐ dài)

be prepared to meet the challenge

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á nzh è NY ǐ D à I. It's a complete preparation to set up a tight formation and wait for the enemy to attack. From Zizhitongjian · Hanji · the third year of Emperor Guangwu's founding.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Guang of Song Dynasty "Zizhitongjian · the third year of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty": on the first day of the reign of Emperor Guangwu, the emperor personally restrained the six armies and was ready for them.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms to be calm and ready to fight antonyms to be insensitive and careless

Idiom usage

The structure is formal; it is used as predicate and attribute; it contains commendatory meaning. The rocket is about to launch, and the astronauts are ready. Chapter 16 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: when Bao Shuya heard that Marquis Lu had brought in troops, he was well prepared. Chapter 73 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: Wang Liao followed his plan. There were three formations. They led the Chinese army. Ji Guang was on the left, and the young master was on the right. They were well fed and well prepared. Zheng He, according to the information he got in advance, ordered the soldiers to be ready. ——Zheng He Yuanhang, Lesson 11, Chinese fifth grade volume 2, Jiangsu Education Press

Chinese PinYin : yán zhèn yǐ dài