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强将手下无弱兵

qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ba067838eab9007b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

強將手下無弱兵 强将手下无弱兵 [qiang2 jiang4 shou3 xia4 wu2 ruo4 bing1] /there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 強將手下無弱兵

  • 强
    jiàng

    stubborn / unyielding

    qiáng

    strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bǎi qiáng]

    qiǎng

    to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort

    Qiáng

    surname Qiang

  • 将
    jiāng

    will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[bǎ])

    jiàng

    (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

    qiāng

    to desire / to invite / to request

  • 手
    shǒu

    hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

  • 下
    xià

    down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

  • 无
    mó

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó]

    wú

    not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

  • 弱
    ruò

    weak / feeble / young / inferior / not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

  • 兵
    bīng

    soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[gè]

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