兵役
bīng yì
Pinyin

Definition

兵役
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bīng yì
  1. military service

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
bīng
  1. 1 soldiers
  2. 2 a force
  3. 3 an army
  4. 4 weapons
  5. 5 arms
  6. 6 military
  7. 7 warlike
  8. 8 CL:個|个[gè]
bīng rèn
  1. 1 (bladed) weapons
bīng lì
  1. 1 military strength
  2. 2 armed forces
  3. 3 troops
bīng tuán
  1. 1 large military unit
  2. 2 formation
  3. 3 corps
  4. 4 army
bīng fǎ
  1. 1 art of war
  2. 2 military strategy and tactics
bīng yíng
  1. 1 military camp
  2. 2 barracks
bīng biàn
  1. 1 mutiny
  2. 2 (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
bīng mǎ yǒng
  1. 1 figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
  2. 2 Terracotta Army (historic site)
chū bīng
  1. 1 to send troops
nú yì
  1. 1 to enslave
  2. 2 slavery
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
zhàn yì
  1. 1 military campaign
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
xīn bīng
  1. 1 new (army) recruit
fú yì
  1. 1 to serve in the army
  2. 2 in active service
xiàn yì
  1. 1 (military) active duty

Idioms (20)

先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
  1. 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
  2. 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
  1. 1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
兵戎相见
bīng róng xiāng jiàn
  1. 1 to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
兵马未动,粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
天兵天将
tiān bīng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. superior forces
富国强兵
fù guó qiáng bīng
  1. 1 lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. 2 Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
强将手下无弱兵
qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng
  1. 1 there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff

Sample Sentences

是不用,但每个人都有义务服兵役。如果国家要你你就必须去。但我可是主动要求的。“参军报国,无上光荣”,当年哥们儿我就是冲着这金灿灿的标语,头脑一热,就填了参军表格。
shì bùyòng ,dàn měi ge rén dōu yǒu yìwu fú bīngyì 。rúguǒ guójiā yào nǐ nǐ jiù bìxū qù 。dàn wǒ kěshì zhǔdòng yāoqiú de 。“cānjūn bàoguó ,wúshàng guāngróng ”,dāngnián gēmenr wǒ jiùshì chòngzhe zhè jīncàncàn de biāoyǔ ,tóunǎo yī rè ,jiù tián le cānjūn biǎogé 。
It doesn't, but every person has an obligation to serve. If your country needs you, then you have to go. However, I actively enlisted. “There is no greater honor than enlisting in the army to protect one's country.” It was because of that golden slogan during those years that I suddenly had the urge to sign my enlistment papers.