开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces / troops / CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 裂缝 裂縫 liè fèng crack / crevice / CL:道[dao4] syn 枪声 槍聲 qiāng shēng crack / shooting sound / gunshot 说笑 說笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter syn 出动 出動 chū dòng to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops syn 破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) 敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn 调动 調動 diào dòng to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play syn 部下 bù xià troops under one's command / subordinate syn 口令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry) 裂痕 liè hén crack / gap / split syn 驻扎 駐紮 zhù zhā to station / to garrison (troops) syn 扫荡 掃蕩 sǎo dàng (military) to mop up / to crack down on / to eradicate syn 行军 行軍 xíng jūn (of troops) to march 兵力 bīng lì military strength / armed forces / troops syn 牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) syn 缝隙 縫隙 fèng xì small crack / chink syn 队列 隊列 duì liè formation (of troops) / alignment / (computing) queue / cohort (in a study) syn 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 撤军 撤軍 chè jūn to withdraw troops / to retreat syn 张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at syn 空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn 连队 連隊 lián duì company (of troops) 奇兵 qí bīng troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush) 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 检阅 檢閱 jiǎn yuè to inspect / to review (troops etc) / military review syn 按兵不动 按兵不動 àn bīng bù dòng to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom) / to bide one's time 麾下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) syn 裂纹 裂紋 liè wén crack / flaw syn 精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel syn 看齐 看齊 kàn qí to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) syn 出师 出師 chū shī to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander) syn 先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops syn 取缔 取締 qǔ dì to suppress / to crack down on / to prohibit syn 戏谑 戲謔 xì xuè to banter / to crack jokes / to ridicule syn 阅兵 閱兵 yuè bīng to review troops / military parade syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 驻军 駐軍 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops / garrison 支队 支隊 zhī duì detachment (of troops) 派兵 pài bīng to dispatch troops 出兵 chū bīng to send troops syn 精兵 jīng bīng elite troops syn 开赴 開赴 kāi fù (of troops) to depart for / to head for syn 调派 調派 diào pài to send on assignment / to deploy (troops) syn 伏兵 fú bīng hidden troops / ambush 带兵 帶兵 dài bīng to lead troops 部属 部屬 bù shǔ troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry syn 裂隙 liè xì gap / slit / crack / crevice / fracture syn 兵马 兵馬 bīng mǎ troops and horses / military forces syn 增兵 zēng bīng to reinforce / to increase troop numbers / reinforcements / extra troops 开拔 開拔 kāi bá to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition) syn 罅隙 xià xì gap / crack / rift syn 夹缝 夾縫 jiā fèng crack / crevice syn 龟裂 龜裂 jūn liè to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped syn 兵员 兵員 bīng yuán soldiers / troops syn 撤兵 chè bīng to withdraw troops / to retreat syn 劈啪 pī pā (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 生力军 生力軍 shēng lì jūn fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force 清兵 qīng bīng Qing troops / Manchu soldiers 兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war syn 皇粮 皇糧 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops / funds or items supplied by the government 严打 嚴打 yán dǎ to crack down on / to take severe measures against 镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect syn 收编 收編 shōu biān to incorporate into one's troops / to weave in syn 收兵 shōu bīng 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 syn 严整 嚴整 yán zhěng (of troops) in neat formation / (fig.) orderly syn 留驻 留駐 liú zhù to keep stationed (of troops) / to remain as a garrison syn 陈兵 陳兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops 兵源 bīng yuán manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops 铁骑 鐵騎 tiě qí armored horses / crack horsemen syn 练兵 練兵 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training syn 排头兵 排頭兵 pái tóu bīng lit. frontline troops / leader / trailblazer / pacesetter 移师 移師 yí shī to move troops to / (fig.) to move to / to shift to 誓师 誓師 shì shī to vow before one's troops syn 兵卒 bīng zú soldiers / troops syn 配属 配屬 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit syn 阵型 陣型 zhèn xíng formation (of a sports team, troops etc) 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn 官军 官軍 guān jūn (old) government troops syn 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 发兵 發兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops 打黑 dǎ hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime 点兵 點兵 diǎn bīng to muster troops / (fig.) to gather forces 身先士卒 shēn xiān shì zú to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead syn 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 迸裂 bèng liè to split / to crack / to burst (open) syn 戎马 戎馬 róng mǎ warhorse / armed forces / troops / (fig.) war / warfare syn 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 