兵 bīng

1. bīng noun soldier / troops
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military 军事
   Notes: In the sense of 战士 or 军队; for example, 兵没粮草自散 'if troops do not have provisions then they will disperse by themselves' (Guoyu '兵' n 2; Suyu, p. 51; Unihan '兵')
2. bīng noun weapons
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 武器 (Guoyu '兵' n 1)
3. bīng noun military
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 军事; for example, 纸上谈兵 'military tactics discussed on paper' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '兵' n 3)

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• 秣马利兵(秣馬利兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons
• 秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons / get ready for battle
• 厉兵粟马(厲兵粟馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
• 励兵秣马(勵兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
• 砺兵秣马(礪兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
• 损兵折将(損兵折將) to loose soldiers and generals
• 甲兵 armor and weapons ; an armored soldier ; war
• 兵械 weapons
• 士兵 soldier
• 官兵 officers and troops
• 厉兵秣马(厲兵秣馬) to sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / to get ready for battle
• 宪兵(憲兵) military police
• 民兵 militia
• 哨兵 a sentry / a sentinel
• 步兵 infantry / foot soldier
• 练兵(練兵) to drill troops
• 兵仗 weapons
• 精兵 crack troops
• 兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war
• 大兵 ordinary soldier
• 逃兵 to desert / to flee service
• 阅兵(閱兵) to review troops
• 亲兵(親兵) an escort / a guard / a bodyguard
• 兵灾(兵災) an war
• 刀兵 weapons / war
• 兵法家 a military strategist / a military expert
• 骑兵(騎兵) cavalry
• 兵器 weaponry / weapons / arms
• 出兵 to send troops
• 兵种(兵種) a branch of the armed forces
• 士兵们(士兵們) soldiers
• 番兵 a foreign soldier
• 兵役 military service
• 服兵役 military draft
• 兵士 an ordinary soldier
• 纸上谈兵(紙上談兵) military tactics discussed on paper / theoretical discussion that is useless in practice
• 发兵(發兵) to dispatch an army / to send troops
• 兵法 art of war / military strategy and tactics
• 兴兵(興兵) to send troops
• 奇兵 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
• 收兵 to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over

Also contained in

孫子兵法 、 兵马俑 、 旗兵 、 孫子兵法 、 陈桥兵变 、 兵没粮草自散 、 四兵 、 四部兵 、 四兵众 、 陳兵

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 335
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 267
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 《晉書》 — count: 157
• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 157
• 卷四十七 本紀第四十七 瀛國公 益王 衞王 Volume 47 Annals 47: Ying Guogong, Yiwang, Weiwang History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 149
• 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 145
• 卷二百四十七 列傳第一百三十五 劉綎 李應祥 陳璘 鄧子龍 馬孔英 Volume 247 Biographies 135: Liu Ting, Li Yingxiang, Chen Lin, Deng Zilong, Ma Kongying History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 127
• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 121
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 117
• 卷三百十七 列傳第二百〇五 廣西土司一 Volume 317 Biographies 205: Guangxi Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 116

Collocations

• 兵车 (兵車) 宋人以兵車百乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 20
• 治兵 (治兵) 繕甲治兵 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 國風‧鄭‧叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Shu Yu Tian — count: 19
• 五兵 (五兵) 取五甲五兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 13
• 兵革 (兵革) 兵革不息 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 國風‧鄭‧出其東門 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Chu Qi Dong Men — count: 11
• 用兵 (用兵) 衞州吁用兵暴亂 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 國風‧邶‧擊鼓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ji Gu — count: 8
• 观兵 (觀兵) 觀兵於東夷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 利兵 (利兵) 訓卒利兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
• 兵欲 (兵欲) 故攻國之兵欲短 — Rites of Zhou 《周禮》, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 6
• 祠兵 (祠兵) 祠兵 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 执兵 (執兵) 擐甲執兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4