军 軍 jūn (bound form) army / military syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces 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] 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 小民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn 支 zhī to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions syn 从戎 從戎 cóng róng to enlist / to be in the army syn 孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support syn 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 美军 美軍 měi jūn US army / US armed forces 平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn 解放军 解放軍 jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) syn 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 民用 mín yòng (for) civilian use syn 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn 红军 紅軍 hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) syn 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel 军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks / army camp syn 人民解放军 人民解放軍 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army syn 全军 全軍 quán jūn whole army 中尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern 当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command syn 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 入伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist syn 中国人民解放军 中國人民解放軍 zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) syn 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 英军 英軍 yīng jūn British army 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army 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 林彪 lín biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution 十字军 十字軍 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 军政 軍政 jūn zhèng army and government 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom) / fig. a complete wipeout syn 转业 轉業 zhuǎn yè to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work syn 粮草 糧草 liáng cǎo army provisions / rations and fodder syn 志愿军 志願軍 zhì yuàn jūn volunteer army syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 练兵 練兵 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training syn 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]) 军旅 軍旅 jūn lǚ army syn 千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) / impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men syn 朱德 zhū dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army 清军 清軍 qīng jūn the Qing army syn 新四军 新四軍 xīn sì jūn New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists 士卒 shì zú soldier / private (army) syn 从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army syn 便衣 biàn yī civilian clothes / plain clothes / plainclothesman syn 张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army 俄军 俄軍 é jūn Russian army 湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn 正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter 义军 義軍 yì jūn volunteer army syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 瑞士军刀 瑞士軍刀 ruì shì jūn dāo Swiss Army knife 后撤 後撤 hòu chè to pull back (an army) / to retreat syn 野战军 野戰軍 yě zhàn jūn field army 军事训练 軍事訓練 jūn shì xùn liàn military exercise / army drill 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 远征军 遠征軍 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition 伪军 偽軍 wěi jūn puppet army 政府军 政府軍 zhèng fǔ jūn government army 秦军 秦軍 qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) 发兵 發兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops 旗手 qí shǒu a flag carrier (army) / ensign 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 革命军 革命軍 gé mìng jūn revolutionary army syn 便服 biàn fú everyday clothes / informal dress / civilian clothes syn 兵变 兵變 bīng biàn mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 法军 法軍 fǎ jūn French army 军粮 軍糧 jūn liáng army provisions 义勇军 義勇軍 yì yǒng jūn volunteer army syn 关东军 關東軍 guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 铁军 鐵軍 tiě jūn invincible army 战旗 戰旗 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 赵军 趙軍 zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States 