兵 bīng
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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) -
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) -
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
- 兵杖 weapons
- 撤兵 to withdraw troops; to retreat
- 伞兵(傘兵) paratrooper
- 担架兵(擔架兵) stretcher bearer
- 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
- 救兵 to rescue troops ; rescuers of troops
- 兵变(兵變) mutiny ; to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
- 兵械 weapons
- 兵不厌诈(兵不厭詐) there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war
- 标兵(標兵) parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes); example; model; pacesetter
- 兵势(兵勢) military situation
- 士兵 soldier
- 厉兵秣马(厲兵秣馬) to sharpen the weapons and feed the horses; to get ready for battle
- 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
- 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)
- 工农兵(工農兵) workers, peasants, and soldiers; the proletariat
- 拯救大兵瑞恩 Saving Private Ryan
- 兵制 military administration
- 杯酒释兵权(杯酒釋兵權) to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
- 搬兵 to call for reinforcements; to bring in troops
- 伏兵 hidden troops; ambush
- 奇兵 to raise or prepare troops (for a campaign)
- 兵法家 a military strategist; a military expert
- 长兵(長兵) a long weapon ; weapons for long range fighting
- 兵不厌权(兵不厭權) in war nothing is too deceitful
- 兵戎相见(兵戎相見) to meet on the battlefield
- 全民皆兵 to bring the entire nation to arms
- 散兵 loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner
- 兵马未动,粮草先行(兵馬未動,糧草先行) before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first; logistics comes before military maneuvers
- 兵马不动,粮草先行(兵馬不動,糧草先行) before troops and horses proceed, first prepare grain and fodder
- 兵强马壮(兵強馬壯) strong soldiers and sturdy horses; a well-trained and powerful army
- 兵出无名(兵出無名) to start a military campaign without justification
- 新兵 new (army) recruit
- 发兵(發兵) to dispatch an army; to send troops
- 志愿兵(志願兵) volunteer soldier
- 兵种(兵種) a branch of the armed forces
- 号兵(號兵) bugler; trumpeter
- 勤务兵(勤務兵) army orderly
- 兵略 military planning
- 兵不由将(兵不由將) soldiers not obeying their commander
- 穷兵黩武(窮兵黷武) to engage in wars of aggression at will; militaristic; bellicose
- 短兵接战(短兵接戰) short swords meet in battle; to engage in battle
- 民兵 militia
- 缓兵之计(緩兵之計) delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
- 派兵 to dispatch troops
- 解甲释兵(解甲釋兵) remove armor and throw away weapons; to abandon battle
- 侦察兵(偵察兵) a scout; spy
- 雄兵 formidable troops
- 案兵 to hold back the troops
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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: 155
- 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
- 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: 140
- 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: 123
- 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: 116
- 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: 115
- 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) 三年而治兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 18
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 徒兵 (徒兵) 諸侯之師敗鄭徒兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 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