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there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
ordinary soldier
art of war / military strategy and tactics
to cease fire / armistice / rested troops
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
soldier ant / dinergate
soldier / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
people's militia / militia / militiaman
enlisted sailor in navy
the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier
new (army) recruit
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
military strength / armed forces / troops
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
to send troops
munitions factory
sentinel
military leadership / military power
private (army)
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)
troops
artillery soldier / gunner
military police
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
paratroopers
same as 綠營|绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
massive military force
(military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops
HSK 7-9
to serve in the army / to be a soldier
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
commonplace in military operations (idiom)
(military) messenger / orderly
Qing troops; Manchu soldiers
(bladed) weapons
a book on the art of war
to dispatch troops
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
(coll.) soldier boy
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
to reinforce / to increase troop numbers / reinforcements / extra troops
Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site)
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
to withdraw troops / to retreat
elite troops
(military) branch of the armed forces
low-ranking soldier; (by extension) low-level employee
commando / special forces soldier
large military unit / formation / corps / army
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
army orderly
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
military engineer
paratrooper
strong soldiers / make the military powerful (political slogan)
military camp / barracks
military police corps
lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
military parade
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soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
Sun Bin's "The Art of War"
guard / garrison soldier
to review troops / military parade
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
soldiers / troops
lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom) / fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
to dispatch an army / to send troops
a scout / spy
warship
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) / fig. pride goes before a fall
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
to reduce troop numbers / disarmament
Memorial Day (American holiday)
in a state of war
to lead troops
volunteer soldier / CL:
stretcher bearer (military)
to drill troops / army training
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
soldiers / troops
PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
foxhole (military)
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

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