{"path":"/entry/89996","title":"临渴掘井 / 臨渴掘井 (lín kě jué jǐng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"临渴掘井 / 臨渴掘井 (lín kě jué jǐng): literally not to dig a well until one is thirsty. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":89996,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["临渴掘井"],"TRADITIONAL":["臨渴掘井"]}},"phonetic":"lín kě jué jǐng","phoneticKey":"lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally not to dig a well until one is thirsty","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"ANTONYM","readingId":54785,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["未雨绸缪"],"TRADITIONAL":["未雨綢繆"]}},"phonetic":"wèi yǔ chóu móu","gloss":{"simplified":"literally before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经)","traditional":"literally before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經)"}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"to dig a well when one is thirsty","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Based on the Annals of Master Yan","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"溺而后问队，迷而后问路，譬之犹临难而遽铸兵，临噎而遽掘井，虽速亦无及已。","traditional":"溺而後問隊，迷而後問路，譬之猶臨難而遽鑄兵，臨噎而遽掘井，雖速亦無及已。"},"phonetic":"Nì érhòu wèn suì, mí érhòu wèn lù, pì zhī yóu línnàn ér jù zhùbīng, lín yē ér jù juéjǐng, suī sù yì wú jí yǐ.","english":"To ask the way after drowning and to ask for directions after getting lost is like, for example, quickly making weapons when facing a disaster or quickly digging a well when choking; though fast, it is too late.","ref":"Annals of Master Yan, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}