厚积薄发

Traditional form:

厚積薄發

Pinyin (reading):

hòujībófā

Definitions:

• lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
• good preparation is the key to success
• to be well prepared

Characters:

• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 积 - to store up, to amass, to accumulate
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

Traditional characters:

• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 積 - to store up, to amass, to accumulate
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair