兵 bīng
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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) -
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) -
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
- 短兵接战(短兵接戰) short swords meet in battle / to engage in battle
- 大兵 the army ; great military strength ; war ; soldiers
- 兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war
- 兵饷(兵餉) pay and provisions for soldiers
- 重兵 massive military force
- 征兵制度(徵兵制度) military conscription
- 尖兵 a crack soldier ; an elite professional
- 兵队(兵隊) troops
- 救兵 to rescue troops ; rescuers of troops
- 按兵 to hold back the troops
- 当兵(當兵) to serve in the army / to be a soldier
- 杯酒释兵权(杯酒釋兵權) to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
- 兵团(兵團) large military unit / formation / corps / army
- 排头兵(排頭兵) frontline troops / leader / trailblazer / pacesetter
- 甲兵 armor and weapons ; an armored soldier ; war
- 刀兵 weapons / war
- 纸上谈兵(紙上談兵) military tactics discussed on paper / theoretical discussion that is useless in practice
- 兵不血刃 no blood on the men's swords / an effortless victory
- 鸣金收兵(鳴金收兵) to beat the gong to recall troops / to order a retreat
- 兵以诈立(兵以詐立) in war, use deceptive signals
- 兵来将挡，水来土掩(兵來將擋，水來土掩) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir / different situations call for different action
- 守兵 guard / garrison soldier
- 短兵接 our short swords meet
- 娃娃兵 child soldier
- 兵法家 a military strategist / a military expert
- 案兵 to hold back the troops
- 短兵 a short weapon ; fighting at a short distance
- 亲兵(親兵) an escort / a guard / a bodyguard
- 兵卒 soldiers / troops
- 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)
- 缓兵之计(緩兵之計) delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite
- 散兵 loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
- 官兵 officers and troops
- 散兵游勇(散兵遊勇) straggling and disbanded soldiers / disorganized uncoordinated action
- 兵种(兵種) a branch of the armed forces
- 骑兵(騎兵) cavalry
- 兵杖 weapons
- 秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons / get ready for battle
- 按兵不举(按兵不舉) to hold back the troops and stay put
- 休兵 to cease fire / armistice / rested troops
- 砺兵秣马(礪兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
- 屯兵 to station / to garrison
- 强兵(強兵) strong soldiers / make the military powerful
- 蕆兵 to muster troops
- 民兵 militia
Also contained in
孙膑兵法 、 绿旗兵 、 好兵帅克 、 陈桥兵变 、 分巡兵备道 、 宪兵队
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 司兵 (司兵) 司兵 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 4
- 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