"Soldiers" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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兵员 bīng yuán soldiers / troops
兵卒 bīng zú soldiers / troops
兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]
官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops
将士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers
以军 yǐ jūn Israeli soldiers
清兵 Qīng bīng Qing troops / Manchu soldiers
招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / to raise a large army / fig. to expand business / to recruit new staff
兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture
招安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war
童子军 tóng zǐ jūn child soldiers / juvenile militia
工农兵 gōng nóng bīng workers, peasants, and soldiers / the proletariat
招兵 zhāo bīng to recruit soldiers
散兵 sǎn bīng loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
结队 jié duì to troop (of soldiers etc) / convoy
散兵游勇 sǎn bīng yóu yǒng lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom) / fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
招抚 zhāo fǔ to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
伤号 shāng hào casualties / wounded soldiers
号衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation
伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc / tree trunk / whip / wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)
强将手下无弱兵 qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting
虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom) / well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵饷 bīng xiǎng pay and provisions for soldiers
劲卒 jìng zú elite soldiers / a crack force
强兵 qiáng bīng strong soldiers / make the military powerful (political slogan)
溃兵 kuì bīng defeated troops / routed army / scattered soldiers
钳马衔枚 qián mǎ xián méi with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence
儿童兵研究项目 r tóng bīng yán jiū xiàng mù Child Soldiers Research Project
儿童兵复员与保护人权论坛  Forum on the Demobilization of Child Soldiers and the Protection of Human Rights
复员士兵重返社会项目  Reintegration of Demobilized Soldiers project
中东和北非使用儿童兵问题区域会议  Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference on the Use of Child Soldiers
制止利用儿童兵联盟  Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
眷村 juàn cūn military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
红五类 hóng wǔ lèi the “five red categories&rdquo / (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
安难 ān nàn (classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity
罗马鞋 Luó mǎ xié caligae (sandals worn by Roman soldiers in ancient times) / (fashion) Roman-style sandals / ankle-strap sandals
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