兵 (bing1 | bing1) : weapons; soldier; troops; military

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兵

bing1

bing1

[1] arms; weapons [2] [n] soldier; serviceman; the military; troops [3] [v] strike; attack [4] a piece in Chinese Chess; pawn

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 八 (#12)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

兵

This word has been viewed 11303 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 08:37

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兵敗如山倒 bing1 baai6 jyu4 saan1 dou2 bing1 bai4 ru2 shan1 dao3 = troops in defeat like a landslide; a beaten army in total collapse

精兵 zing1 bing1 jing1 bing1 = elite troops; crack soldiers

派兵 paai3 bing1 pai4 bing1 = deploy troops

收兵 sau1 bing1 shou1 bing1 = withdraw troops; wind up

先禮後兵 sin1 lai5 hau6 bing1 xian1 li3 hou4 bing1 = words before blows

少爺兵 siu3 je4 bing1 shao4 ye2 bing1 = pampered soldier

孫子兵法 syun1 zi2 bing1 faat3 sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3 = Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"

哨兵 saau3 bing1 shao4 bing1 = sentry

士兵 si6 bing1 shi4 bing1 = soldier

步兵 bou6 bing1 bu4 bing1 = infantryman; foot soldier
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Showing 1 example containing 兵

危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.

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Decimal representation of this word: 兵
Unicode code for this character: U+5175 (off-site link)

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