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Chinese dictionary
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n.troops
工程兵
engineer troops
兵种
branch of one of the services
调兵遣将
move troops and deploy forces
- 2
n.soldier
练兵
train soldiers
官兵一致
unity between officers and men
新兵
new recruit
- 3
n.weapons
坚甲利兵
strong armour and sharp weapons
短兵相接
fight hand to hand
秣马厉兵
feed the horses and sharpen the weapons-prepare for battle
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n.military affairs
纸上谈兵
be an armchair strategist
兵法
military strategy and tactics
- 5
n.pawn
Words and phrases with 兵
- 兵卒[word]soldier
- 兵士[word]private
- 兵戎[word]arms
- 兵工[word]war industry
- 兵谏[word]coerce the ruler by force of arms into accepting one's exhortations
- 兵役[word]military service
- 兵燹[word]ravages of war
- 兵丁[word]private
- 兵制[word]military regulation
- 兵贵神速[idiom]speed is what counts in war
- 兵荒马乱[idiom]turmoil and chaos of war
- 兵戎相见[idiom]cross swords with
- 兵强马壮[idiom]strong soldiers and sturdy horses
- 兵临城下[idiom]the enemy has reached the city gates
- 兵不厌诈[idiom]All's fair in war.
- 兵不血刃[idiom]win a military victory without shedding a drop of blood firing a shot
Word usage
- common measure word"兵" is often matched with measure word "个"or"队"or"群".
一个兵
one soldier
一队兵
one group of soldiers
一群兵
one group of soldiers