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soldier / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
ordinary soldier
art of war / military strategy and tactics
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
a scout / spy
to cease fire / armistice / rested troops
soldiers / troops
(military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops
HSK 7-9
people's militia / militia / militiaman
prosperous country with military might
enlisted sailor in navy
mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
to dispatch an army / to send troops
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
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
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
workers, peasants, and soldiers / the proletariat
“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
troops and horses / military forces
military strength / armed forces / troops
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
to levy troops / recruitment
to send troops
sentinel
military camp / barracks
private (army)
to lead troops
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
artillery soldier / gunner
to drill troops / army training
to train troops
(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
(military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country
paratroopers
military parade
(military) branch of the armed forces
military leadership / military power
massive military force
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
to serve in the army / to be a soldier
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
commonplace in military operations (idiom)
a book on the art of war
troops
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
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)
Qing troops; Manchu soldiers
(bladed) weapons
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
to reinforce / to increase troop numbers / reinforcements / extra troops
Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
army orderly
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
to withdraw troops / to retreat
elite troops
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
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
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
military engineer
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
(military) mercenary
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)
guard / garrison soldier
volunteer soldier / CL:
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site)
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
warship
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
to reduce troop numbers / disarmament
cavalry
in a state of war
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
soldiers / troops
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
martial arts involving weapons
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
commando / special forces soldier
guard / bodyguard
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
foxhole (military)
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
same as 綠營|绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)

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