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临渴穿井 (臨渴穿井)

lín kě chuān jǐng

Definition

  1. (lit.) face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
  2. to act when it is too late

Character Decomposition

临
=
？
+
？
渴
=
氵
+
曷
穿
=
穴
+
牙
井
=
？
+
二

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