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

• 按兵不动(按兵不動) to hold back the troops and stay put
• 按兵 to hold back the troops
• 坚甲利兵(堅甲利兵) stiff armor and sharp weapons; well prepared
• 引兵 to lead troops
• 佳兵不祥 good soldiers are a bad omen
• 兵营(兵營) military camp; barracks
• 兵工厂(兵工廠) munitions factory
• 罢兵(罷兵) to cease battle
• 当兵(當兵) to serve in the army; to be a soldier
• 兵仗 weapons
• 伏兵 hidden troops; ambush
• 调兵遣将(調兵遣將) to move an army and send a general; to deploy an army; to send a team on a task
• 兵役 military service
• 兵甲 weapons and armor ; a battle
• 逃兵 to desert; to flee service
• 增兵 to reinforce; to increase troop numbers; reinforcements; extra troops
• 点兵(點兵) to muster troops; (fig.) to gather forces
• 励兵秣马(勵兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses; get ready for battle
• 兵出无名(兵出無名) to start a military campaign without justification
• 兵士 an ordinary soldier
• 养兵千日，用兵一时(養兵千日，用兵一時) Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour.; extensive preparation eventually pays off
• 草草收兵 to work vaguely then retreat; sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
• 士兵们(士兵們) soldiers
• 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
• 兵船 a warship
• 单兵(單兵) individual soldier; isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
• 残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general; scattered remnants
• 征兵制度(徵兵制度) military conscription
• 兵出须名(兵出須名) had to give their military expeditions justification
• 百万雄兵过大江(百萬雄兵過大江) Our troops have crossed the great river, a million strong
• 兵法家 a military strategist; a military expert
• 兵法 art of war; military strategy and tactics
• 招兵 to recruit soldiers
• 搬兵 to call for reinforcements; to bring in troops
• 弩兵 archer; infantry armed with crossbow
• 交兵 in a state of war
• 文艺兵(文藝兵) PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
• 哨兵 a sentry; a sentinel
• 兵微将寡(兵微將寡) few soldiers and a lone commander
• 按甲寝兵(按甲寢兵) to put away armor and weapons
• 短兵接 our short swords meet
• 举兵(舉兵) to send troops; to raise troops
• 兵降 the troops surrendered
• 戢兵 to cease fighting
• 用兵如神 to lead military operations with extraordinary skill

Also contained in

旗兵 、 兵库县 、 绿旗兵 、 调兵山 、 四兵众

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• 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
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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) 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
• 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
• 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