马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 红军 紅軍 hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 马贼 馬賊 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 调兵遣将 調兵遣將 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task syn 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 关东军 關東軍 guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 勒马 勒馬 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 元军 元軍 yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty 项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4] 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 常胜军 常勝軍 cháng shèng jūn Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels 驯马 馴馬 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse 兵痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune syn 秣 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed syn 蹇 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse syn 进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 中尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 军 軍 jūn (bound form) army / military syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 骑马 騎馬 qí mǎ to ride a horse 山羊 shān yáng goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 美军 美軍 měi jūn US army / US armed forces 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 骑警 騎警 qí jǐng mounted police (on horse or motorbike) 叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army 抽筋 chōu jīn cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon syn 当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier syn 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 驾驭 駕馭 jià yù to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate syn 入伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist syn 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn 宝马 寶馬 bǎo mǎ precious horse 种马 種馬 zhǒng mǎ stallion / stud horse 眼罩 yǎn zhào eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc) 马匹 馬匹 mǎ pǐ horse syn 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces syn 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter 蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 骑手 騎手 qí shǒu horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider 小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn 军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks / army camp syn 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 十字军 十字軍 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 白马 白馬 bái mǎ white horse 下马 下馬 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project) syn 坐骑 坐騎 zuò qí saddle horse / mount 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 上马 上馬 shàng mǎ to get on a horse / to mount syn 后撤 後撤 hòu chè to pull back (an army) / to retreat syn 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 英军 英軍 yīng jūn British army 纵队 縱隊 zòng duì column / file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4]) / PLA army corps (1946-1949) (CL:個|个[ge4]) 骏马 駿馬 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed syn 从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army syn 海马 海馬 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3ma3ti3]) 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 军旅 軍旅 jūn lǚ army syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 解放军 解放軍 jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) syn 开小差 開小差 kāi xiǎo chāi to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL) syn 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom) / fig. a complete wipeout syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 兵变 兵變 bīng biàn mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army 全军 全軍 quán jūn whole army 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng 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[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn 政府军 政府軍 zhèng fǔ jūn government army 马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) syn 落马 落馬 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain 号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command syn 革命军 革命軍 gé mìng jūn revolutionary army syn 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 