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 出动 出動 chū dòng to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops syn 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) 驻扎 駐紮 zhù zhā to station / to garrison (troops) 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 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 连队 連隊 lián duì company (of troops) 不规则 不規則 bù guī zé irregular syn 奇兵 qí bīng troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush) 非正常 fēi zhèng cháng abnormal / irregular syn 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 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 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops 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 无序 無序 wú xù disorderly / irregular / lack of order 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 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat 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 精干 精幹 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable 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 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 兵员 兵員 bīng yuán soldiers / troops syn 撤兵 chè bīng to withdraw troops / to retreat syn 参差不齐 參差不齊 cēn cī bù qí (idiom) variable / uneven / irregular syn 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 镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect 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 练兵 練兵 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training syn 错落 錯落 cuò luò strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven 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 不规范 不規範 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 阵型 陣型 zhèn xíng formation (of a sports team, troops etc) 湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 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 发兵 發兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops 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 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) 兴兵 興兵 xīng bīng to send troops 勤王 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king 班师 班師 bān shī to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph syn 加派 jiā pài to reinforce / to dispatch troops 兴师 興師 xīng shī to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces syn 疑兵 yí bīng troops deployed to mislead the enemy 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal syn 扎 紥 zhā (of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2] syn 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn 驻 駐 zhù to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) syn 玑 璣 jī (literary) baroque pearl / irregular pearl 彪 biāo (literary) tiger stripes / (by extension) ornate and brightly colored / (by synecdoche) young tiger / (fig.) strong / stalwart / (old) classifier for troops 征兵 徵兵 zhēng bīng to levy troops / recruitment syn 征 徵 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence syn 