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何时缚住苍龙

何時縛住蒼龍
héshí fùzhù cānglóng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 when shall we bind the blue dragon?
  2. 2 (fig.) when will we finally subdue the enemy / overcome the great challenge?
  3. 3 (lit.) what-time tie-fast blue-dragon

Examples

HSK 7-9
面对强敌，将士们心中都在问：何时缚住苍龙？
Miànduì qiángdí, jiàngshì men xīnzhōng dōu zài wèn: héshí fùzhù cānglóng?
Facing a powerful foe, every soldier is asking in his heart: 'when shall we bind the blue dragon?'
HSK 7-9
科研攻关数十年，何时缚住苍龙一直激励着团队。
Kēyán gōngguān shùshí nián, héshí fùzhù cānglóng yīzhí jīlì zhe tuánduì.
Decades of hard research - 'when shall we bind the blue dragon?' has kept the team motivated.

Tips

history
From 毛泽东《清平乐·六盘山》 (Mao Zedong, Qing Ping Yue: Liupan Mountain, 1935), paired with 今日长缨在手: 今日长缨在手，何时缚住苍龙 (Today the long cord is in my hand - when shall we bind the blue dragon?). 苍龙 traditionally refers to the principal enemy of the moment; Mao's own note glosses it as the Japanese imperialists rather than 蒋介石.
usage
Inseparable from 今日长缨在手 (entry 831 in this set). 苍 = dark-blue / greyish-green; here, dragon color. 缚 = to bind/tie up (not 绑). Modern rhetorical use: any monumental but still-unfinished goal.

Stroke Order

何 hé
时 shí
缚 fù
住 zhù
苍 cāng
龙 lóng