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 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword) 出动 出動 chū dòng to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops syn 群众 群眾 qún zhòng mass / multitude / the masses syn 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 大屠杀 大屠殺 dà tú shā massacre / mass slaughter 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 集结 集結 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal syn 弥撒 彌撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass 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) 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 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 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises 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) 大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized 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 精干 精幹 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 伏兵 fú bīng hidden troops / ambush 带兵 帶兵 dài bīng to lead troops 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass 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 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 分子量 fēn zǐ liàng molecular mass 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 质点 質點 zhì diǎn point mass / particle 兵源 bīng yuán manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops 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 群发 群發 qún fā to send to multiple recipients / mass mailout / to occur in a clustered fashion 阵型 陣型 zhèn xíng formation (of a sports team, troops etc) 量产 量產 liàng chǎn to mass-produce 公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng public transport / mass transit 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 繁花 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers syn 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 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 合众 合眾 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude 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 群体性事件 群體性事件 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns) 