1. guard2. garrison soldier
1. strong soldiers2. make the military powerful (political slogan)
routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops
troops deployed to mislead the enemy
1. to dispatch an army2. to send troops
1. bugler2. trumpeter (military)
1. to reduce troop numbers2. disarmament
underworld soldier; ghost soldier
1. (military) messenger2. orderly
1. workers, peasants, and soldiers2. the proletariat
PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
(idiom) deception is justified in war
lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
1. lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)2. fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
1. ravaged by successive wars2. war-torn3. war-ridden
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
prosperous country with military might
天兵天将 天兵天將 tiān bīng tiān jiàng 1. celestial troops and generals (idiom)2. fig. superior forces
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sun Tzu 孙子[sūn zǐ]
1. lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times2. Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
(of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
1. to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)2. militaristic3. bellicose
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
1. lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy2. to feel beleaguered
1. to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted2. half-baked
1. to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted2. half-baked
1. shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)2. useless troops (idiom)
Diaobingshan, a county-level city in Tieling City 铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
兵败如山倒 兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán 1. to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups2. cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
强将手下无弱兵 強將手下無弱兵 qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵 賠了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng 1. lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)2. fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵團 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
see 调兵山市[diào bīng shān shì]
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演[bīng qí tuī yǎn])