1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
2 an army marches on its stomach
吃粮不管事
chī liáng bù guǎn shì
1 to eat without working (idiom)
2 to take one's pay and not care about the rest
弹尽粮绝
dàn jìn liáng jué
1 out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)