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- (military) officers and soldiers
- officers and men
- (old) government troops
- celestial soldier
- (old) imperial troops
- (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit
- (more generally) bungler
- screw-up
- the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Trad. 兵庫
- Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
- war-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演[bing1 qi2 tui1 yan3])
Trad. 單兵
- individual soldier
- (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
Trad. 兵變
- mutiny
- (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
Trad. 傭兵
- (military) mercenary
- (sports) player hired from another country
- old soldier; veteran
- veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
Trad. 標兵
- parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes)
- example
- model
- pacesetter
- to retreat
- to withdraw troops
- to recall troops
- fig. to finish work
- to wind up
- to call it a day
- used with negatives: the task is far from over
Trad. 綠旗兵
- same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Trad. 文藝兵
- PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
Trad. 兵庫縣
- Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
Trad. 綠營兵
- Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Trad. 兵馬俑
- figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
- Terracotta Army (historic site)
Trad. 排頭兵
- lit. frontline troops
- leader
- trailblazer
- pacesetter
Trad. 大頭兵
- low-ranking soldier; (by extension) low-level employee
Trad. 驕兵必敗
- lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)
- fig. pride goes before a fall
Trad. 兵不厭詐
- there can never be too much deception in war
- in war nothing is too deceitful
- all's fair in war
- lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
Trad. 天兵天將
- celestial troops and generals (idiom)
- fig. superior forces
Trad. 哀兵必勝
- an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
Trad. 國富兵強
- prosperous country with military might
Trad. 兵強馬壯
- lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
- fig. a well-trained and powerful army
Trad. 兵戈擾攘
- arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
Trad. 兵戎相見
- to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
- war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
Trad. 兵精糧足
- elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
- preparations for war are in an advanced state
Trad. 兵臨城下
- soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
Trad. 擁兵自重
- (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government
Trad. 兵荒馬亂
- (idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
Trad. 兵貴神速
- lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
- fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
Trad. 兵連禍結
- ravaged by successive wars
- war-torn
- war-ridden
- to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
- to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
- alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
Trad. 好兵帥克
- The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)
Trad. 緩兵之計
- delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
Trad. 富國強兵
- lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
- Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
Trad. 孫子兵法
- “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]
Trad. 陳橋兵變
- the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
Trad. 殘兵敗將
- ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
Trad. 調兵遣將
- to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
- to send a team on a task
Trad. 窮兵黷武
- to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
- militaristic
- bellicose
- lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
- to fight at close quarters
Trad. 按兵不動
- to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
Trad. 蝦兵蟹將
- shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
- useless troops (idiom)
Trad. 先兵後禮
- opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]
- lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
- to feel beleaguered
- to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
- half-baked
Trad. 鳴金收兵
- to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
- to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
- half-baked
- to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
Trad. 招兵買馬
- lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom)
- fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
Trad. 先禮後兵
- lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom)
- fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
Trad. 紙上談兵
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
- fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
- armchair strategist
- idle theorizing
- cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
Trad. 散兵遊勇
- lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
Trad. 分巡兵備道
- (Qing dynasty) provincial surveillance and defense commission
Trad. 兵敗如山倒
- troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
Trad. 杯酒釋兵權
- to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
- cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
Trad. 亡兵紀念日
- Memorial Day (American holiday)
Trad. 雙后前兵開局
- Double Queen Pawn Opening
- Closed Game (chess)
- same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局
- Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
Trad. 賠了夫人又折兵
- lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
Trad. 強將手下無弱兵
- there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
Trad. 新疆生產建設兵團
- 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
Trad. 兵來將擋，水來土掩
- counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Trad. 兵來將敵，水來土堰
- counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Trad. 養兵千日，用兵一時
- lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
Trad. 養兵千日，用在一時
- see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2]
Trad. 養兵千日，用在一朝
- lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
- fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
Trad. 兵馬未動，糧草先行
- before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
- an army marches on its stomach