专业 專業 zhuān yè specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4] / professional syn 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 足球场 足球場 zú qiú chǎng football field / soccer field 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 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 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 关东军 關東軍 guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 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] 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 兵痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune syn 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 员 員 yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals 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 方面 fāng miàn respect / aspect / field / side / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 消灭 消滅 xiāo miè to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory) syn 上场 上場 shàng chǎng on stage / to go on stage / to take the field syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn 领域 領域 lǐng yù domain / sphere / field / territory / area syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 实习 實習 shí xí to practice / field work / to intern / internship syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 背包 bēi bāo knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL:個|个[ge4] 曲棍球 qū gùn qiú field hockey 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) 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) 野营 野營 yě yíng to camp / field lodgings syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 视野 視野 shì yě field of view / (fig.) outlook / perspective 叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army 赛场 賽場 sài chǎng racetrack / field (for athletics competition) 操场 操場 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier syn 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 入伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist syn 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn 平原 píng yuán field / plain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces syn 磁场 磁場 cí chǎng magnetic field 运动场 運動場 yùn dòng chǎng sports field / playground / exercise yard syn 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks / army camp syn 田地 tián dì field / farmland / cropland / plight / extent syn 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 油田 yóu tián oil field 田野 tián yě field / open land / CL:片[pian4] syn 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 眼界 yǎn jiè (lit. and fig.) field of vision / scope / horizon syn 十字军 十字軍 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 经济学 經濟學 jīng jì xué economics (as a field of study) 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 科目 kē mù academic subject / field of study syn 后撤 後撤 hòu chè to pull back (an army) / to retreat syn 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]) 从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army syn 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 视界 視界 shì jiè field of vision syn 军旅 軍旅 jūn lǚ army syn 解放军 解放軍 jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) syn 稻田 dào tián paddy field / rice paddy 外场 外場 wài chǎng outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage syn 满眼 滿眼 mǎn yǎn (of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view syn 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page 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 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 攻读 攻讀 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree syn 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 电场 電場 diàn chǎng electric field 