孙 子 兵 法

Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎdictionary entry

“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]

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孫子兵法 孙子兵法 [Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3] /“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]/

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Other forms in these source records: 孫子兵法

孙
sūn
grandson / descendant
Sūn
surname Sun
子
zǐ
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-
zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"
兵
bīng
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[gè]
法
fǎ
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])
Fǎ
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]

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