兵 bīng

1. bīng noun soldier / troops
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   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; Kroll 2015 '兵' 1a, p. 24; Suyu, p. 51; Unihan '兵'; XHZD '兵' 2, p. 51)
2. bīng noun weapons
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 武器 (Guoyu '兵' n 1; Kroll 2015 '兵' 1, p. 24; XHZD '兵' 1, p. 51)
3. bīng noun military / warfare
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 军事; for example, the idiom 纸上谈兵 'military tactics discussed on paper' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '兵' n 3; Kroll 2015 '兵' 1b, p. 24; XHZD '兵' 3, p. 51)

Contained in

• 损兵折将(損兵折將) to loose soldiers and generals
• 兵戈扰攘(兵戈擾攘) arms and confusion / turmoil of war
• 救兵 to rescue troops ; rescuers of troops
• 鏖兵 to fight fiercely
• 特种兵(特種兵) commando / special forces soldier
• 散兵游勇(散兵遊勇) straggling and disbanded soldiers / disorganized uncoordinated action
• 双后前兵开局(雙后前兵開局) Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess)
• 富国强兵(富國強兵) rich country, strong army / make the country wealthy and the military powerful
• 老兵 veteran
• 兵役 military service
• 兴兵(興兵) to send troops
• 番兵 a foreign soldier
• 按兵不举(按兵不舉) to hold back the troops and stay put
• 穷兵黩武(窮兵黷武) to engage in wars of aggression at will / militaristic / bellicose
• 残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general / scattered remnants
• 上等兵 private first class
• 奇兵 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
• 赔了夫人又折兵(賠了夫人又折兵) having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it
• 百万雄兵过大江(百萬雄兵過大江) Our troops have crossed the great river, a million strong
• 羸兵 weak and exhausted soldiers
• 佣兵(傭兵) mercenary / hired gun
• 担架兵(擔架兵) stretcher bearer
• 兵源 manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
• 精兵 elite soldiers
• 罢兵(罷兵) to cease battle
• 弩兵 archer / infantry armed with crossbow
• 兵权(兵權) military leadership / military power
• 大兵 ordinary soldier
• 用兵 to do battle
• 撤兵 to withdraw troops / to retreat
• 虾兵蟹将(蝦兵蟹將) shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
• 兵饷(兵餉) pay and provisions for soldiers
• 兵甲已足 our weapons and armour are sufficient
• 先礼后兵(先禮後兵) peaceful measures before using force / diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
• 亲兵(親兵) an escort / a guard / a bodyguard
• 起兵 to send troops
• 草木皆兵 every tree or bush an enemy soldier / to treat everyone as an enemy
• 号兵(號兵) bugler / trumpeter
• 先兵后礼(先兵後禮) first troops and then politeness
• 短兵接 our short swords meet
• 强将手下无弱兵(強將手下無弱兵) there are no poor soldiers under a good general
• 刀兵 weapons / war
• 兵痞 army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune
• 陳兵 troops forming rank

Also contained in

孙子兵法 、 调兵山 、 四部兵 、 陈桥兵变 、 兵库县 、 孙膑兵法 、 兵库

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• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 326
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 261
• 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: 153
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 152
• 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: 147
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• 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: 126
• 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: 120
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• 卷二百六十九 列傳第一百五十七 艾萬年 李卑 湯九州 陳于王 侯良柱 張令 猛如虎 虎大威 孫應元 姜名武 尤世威 侯世祿 劉國能 Volume 269 Biographies 157: Ai Wannian, Li Bei, Tang Jiuzhou, Chen Yuwang, Hou Liangzhu, Zhang Ling, Meng Ruhu, Hu Dawei, Sun Yingyuan, Jiang Mingwu, You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, Liu Guoneng History of Ming 明史 — count: 112

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 授兵 (授兵) 授兵于大宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 凡兵 (凡兵) 凡兵車百乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4