奇兵 | qí bīng | troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush) |
按兵不动 | àn bīng bù dòng | to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time |
上等兵 | shàng děng bīng | private first class (army rank) |
亡兵纪念日 | wáng bīng jì niàn rì | Memorial Day (American holiday) |
交兵 | jiāo bīng | in a state of war |
休兵 | xiū bīng | to cease fire; armistice; rested troops |
侦察兵 | zhēn chá bīng | a scout; spy |
传令兵 | chuán lìng bīng | orderly |
先礼后兵 | xiān lǐ hòu bīng | peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war |
全民皆兵 | quán mín jiē bīng | to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom) |
兵不厌诈 | bīng bù yàn zhà | there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war |
兵不血刃 | bīng bù xuè rèn | lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory |
兵乱 | bīng luàn | confusion of war; turmoil of war |
兵来将挡, 水来土掩 | bīng lái jiāng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; 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; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
兵刃 | bīng rèn | (bladed) weapons |
兵卒 | bīng zú | soldiers; troops |
兵器术 | bīng qì shù | martial arts involving weapons |
兵家常事 | bīng jiā cháng shì | commonplace in military operations (idiom) |
兵库 | Bīng kù | Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州 |
兵库县 | Bīng kù xiàn | Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州 |
兵强马壮 | bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng | strong soldiers and sturdy horses; a well-trained and powerful army |
兵戈 | bīng gē | weapons; arms; fighting; war |
兵戈扰攘 | bīng gē rǎo rǎng | arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war |
兵戎 | bīng róng | arms; weapons |
兵戎相见 | bīng róng xiāng jiàn | to meet on the battlefield (idiom) |
兵败如山倒 | bīng bài rú shān dǎo | troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse |
兵源 | bīng yuán | manpower resources (for military service); sources of troops |
兵痞 | bīng pǐ | army riffraff; army ruffian; soldier of fortune |
兵站 | bīng zhàn | army service station; military depot |
兵精粮足 | bīng jīng liáng zú | elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces; preparations for war are in an advanced state |
兵临城下 | bīng lín chéng xià | soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture |
兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war |
兵蚁 | bīng yǐ | soldier ant; dinergate |
兵贵神速 | bīng guì shén sù | speed is precious in war |
兵连祸结 | bīng lián huò jié | ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden |
兵队 | bīng duì | troops |
兵饷 | bīng xiǎng | pay and provisions for soldiers |
兵马俑 | bīng mǎ yǒng | figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site) |
兵马未动, 粮草先行 | bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng | before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers; an army marches on its stomach |
冗兵 | rǒng bīng | superfluous troops |
分巡兵备道 | Fēn xún Bīng Bèi dào | Qing Dynasty General Supervisory and Military Command |
列兵 | liè bīng | private (army) |
哀兵必胜 | āi bīng bì shèng | an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) |
天兵天将 | tiān bīng tiān jiàng | celestial troops and generals (idiom); fig. superior forces |
太公兵法 | Tài gōng bīng fǎ | alternative name for ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
好兵帅克 | Hǎo bīng Shuài kè | The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923) |
娃娃兵 | wá wa bīng | child soldier |
孙子兵法 | Sūn zǐ Bīng Fǎ | ”Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孙子 |
孙膑兵法 | Sūn Bìn bīng fǎ | the Art of War by Sun Wu 孙武; also written 孙子兵法 |