大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 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 成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd 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 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 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 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) 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 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 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 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 出血 chū xuè to bleed / bleeding / (fig.) to spend money in large amounts syn 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 大钱 大錢 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination 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) 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army 大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate 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 入伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist syn 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 大巴 dà bā (coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士) 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces syn 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks / army camp syn 结肠 結腸 jié cháng colon (large intestine) 圣路易斯 聖路易斯 shèng lù yì sī St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 十字军 十字軍 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades 成群 chéng qún in groups / large numbers of / grouping 大队 大隊 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military group 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 大都市 dà dū shì metropolis / large city / megacity syn 高额 高額 gāo é high quota / large amount 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 大批 dà pī large quantities of syn 大肠 大腸 dà cháng the large intestine 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]) 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 榔头 榔頭 láng tou hammer / large hammer / sledgehammer syn 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 涌现 湧現 yǒng xiàn to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently 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 重金 zhòng jīn large sum of money 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 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 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 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 群居 qún jū to live together (in a large group or flock) syn 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 大步 dà bù large strides syn 大刀 dà dāo broadsword / large knife / machete 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard 