Results for “兵”

(coll.) soldier boy

underworld soldier / ghost soldier

to deploy troops / to mass troops

(military) mercenary

to train troops

lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off

see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí]

lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off

lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) / fig. pride goes before a fall

to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom) / to order a retreat

to muster troops / (fig.) to gather forces

(old) soldier

the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎi jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

Hyōgo (prefecture in Japan)

(literary) ravages of war

Ministry of War (in imperial China)

Memorial Day (American holiday)

alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China

The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)

“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sūn zǐ]

Sun Bin's "The Art of War"

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)

same as 綠營|绿营[lǜ yíng], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

(literary) to raise an army / to dispatch troops

see 調兵山市|调兵山市[Diào bīng shān Shì]

Diaobingshan, a county-level city in Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tiě lǐng Shì], Liaoning

the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty