"磨刀不誤砍柴工" meaning in Chinese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "磨刀不误砍柴工",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "磨刀不誤砍柴工",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "Sharpening the axe will not hold up the work of chopping firewood",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese proverbs",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Making full preparation will not delay your job but quicken the process."
      ],
      "id": "en-磨刀不誤砍柴工-zh-proverb-e43SHkAR"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng [Phonetic:módāo bú wù kǎnchái gōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módao bù wù kǎnchái gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo²-tao¹ pu⁴ wu⁴ kʻan³-chʻai² kung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mwó-dāu bù wù kǎn-chái gūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "modau bu wuh kaanchair gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "модао бу у каньчай гун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "modao bu u kanʹčaj gun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: módāo bú wù kǎnchái gōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "磨刀不誤砍柴工"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "磨刀不误砍柴工",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "磨刀不誤砍柴工",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "Sharpening the axe will not hold up the work of chopping firewood",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 刀",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 工",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 柴",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 砍",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 磨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 誤",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Making full preparation will not delay your job but quicken the process."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módāo bù wù kǎnchái gōng [Phonetic:módāo bú wù kǎnchái gōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "módao bù wù kǎnchái gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo²-tao¹ pu⁴ wu⁴ kʻan³-chʻai² kung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mwó-dāu bù wù kǎn-chái gūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "modau bu wuh kaanchair gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "модао бу у каньчай гун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "modao bu u kanʹčaj gun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: módāo bú wù kǎnchái gōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "磨刀不誤砍柴工"
}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "磨刀不誤砍柴工",
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