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 够格 夠格 gòu gé able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable 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 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 兴师动众 興師動眾 xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task) syn 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 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 聚众 聚眾 jù zhòng to gather a crowd / to muster syn 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 纠集 糾集 jiū jí to gather together / to muster 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 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 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) 调集 調集 diào jí to summon / to muster / to assemble 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 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 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 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 屯垦 屯墾 tún kěn to garrison troops to open up land syn 整训 整訓 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train 校阅 校閱 jiào yuè to check through (a document) / to proofread / to review (troops) syn 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 养兵 養兵 yǎng bīng to train troops 钲 鉦 zhēng gong used to halt troops 置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation 