兵戈
bīng gē
Pinyin

Definition

兵戈
 - 
bīng gē
  1. weapons
  2. arms
  3. fighting
  4. war

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
士兵
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
兵
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]
兵刃
bīng rèn
  1. 1 (bladed) weapons
兵力
bīng lì
  1. 1 military strength
  2. 2 armed forces
  3. 3 troops
兵团
bīng tuán
  1. 1 large military unit
  2. 2 formation
  3. 3 corps
  4. 4 army
兵法
bīng fǎ
  1. 1 art of war
  2. 2 military strategy and tactics
兵营
bīng yíng
  1. 1 military camp
  2. 2 barracks
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
兵变
bīng biàn
  1. 1 mutiny
  2. 2 (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
兵马俑
bīng mǎ yǒng
  1. 1 figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
  2. 2 Terracotta Army (historic site)
出兵
chū bīng
  1. 1 to send troops
官兵
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
戈壁
Gē bì
  1. 1 Gobi (desert)
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
探戈
tàn gē
  1. 1 tango (dance) (loanword)
新兵
xīn bīng
  1. 1 new (army) recruit
泰戈尔
Tài gē ěr
  1. 1 Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer

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
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
大动干戈
dà dòng gān gē
  1. 1 to go to war (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a big fuss over sth
天兵天将
tiān bīng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. superior forces

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