兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 童子军 童子軍 tóng zǐ jūn child soldiers / juvenile militia 吸收 xī shōu to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit syn 招募 zhāo mù to recruit / to enlist syn 新手 xīn shǒu new hand / novice / raw recruit syn 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn 招聘 zhāo pìn to invite applications for a job / to recruit syn 卫队 衛隊 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers) syn 招致 zhāo zhì to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to syn 收录 收錄 shōu lù to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit syn 招收 zhāo shōu to hire / to recruit syn 将士 將士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers syn 求人 qiú rén to ask for help / to ask a favor / to recruit talented people 征集 徵集 zhēng jí to collect / to recruit syn 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops syn 散兵 sǎn bīng loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner syn 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 招工 zhāo gōng to recruit employees 散兵游勇 散兵遊勇 sǎn bīng yóu yǒng lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom) / fig. disorganized uncoordinated action syn 招徕 招徠 zhāo lái to canvass (for customers) / to solicit / to recruit syn 兵员 兵員 bīng yuán soldiers / troops syn 罗致 羅緻 luó zhì to employ / to recruit (talented personnel) / to gather together (a team) syn 招安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty syn 以军 以軍 yǐ jūn Israeli soldiers 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 兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 结队 結隊 jié duì to troop (of soldiers etc) / convoy 兵卒 bīng zú soldiers / troops syn 兵强马壮 兵強馬壯 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army syn 延揽 延攬 yán lǎn to recruit talent / to round up / to enlist the services of sb 诚聘 誠聘 chéng pìn to seek to recruit / to invite job applications from 招人 zhāo rén to be infectious / to recruit 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn 招录 招錄 zhāo lù to recruit syn 工农兵 工農兵 gōng nóng bīng workers, peasants, and soldiers / the proletariat 招抚 招撫 zhāo fǔ to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender syn 招 zhāo to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 征 徵 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence syn 募 mù to canvass for contributions / to collect / to raise / to recruit / to enlist syn 屯 tún to station (soldiers) / to store up / village syn 秋毫无犯 秋毫無犯 qiū háo wú fàn (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against civilians syn 伤号 傷號 shāng hào casualties / wounded soldiers syn 征聘 徵聘 zhēng pìn to invite job applications / to recruit syn 号衣 號衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation 招贤纳士 招賢納士 zhāo xián nà shì invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom) / to recruit talent syn 强将手下无弱兵 強將手下無弱兵 qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) 案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting 虾兵蟹将 蝦兵蟹將 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) syn 招幕 zhāo mù enlist / recruit 征人 zhēng rén traveler (on a long journey) / participant in an expedition / garrison soldier / new recruit 拔取 bá qǔ to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull 招诱 招誘 zhāo yòu to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice 招请 招請 zhāo qǐng to recruit / to take on (an employee) 招降纳叛 招降納叛 zhāo xiáng nà pàn to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom) / to gather together a gang of villains syn 单位补充产卵群生物量 spawning stock biomass per recruit 单位补充产量 yield per recruit 征才 徵才 zhēng cái to recruit 召募 zhào mù to recruit / to enlist 合聘 hé pìn (Tw) (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit / to jointly appoint (sb) 联聘 聯聘 lián pìn (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit / to jointly appoint (sb) 兵来将挡，水来土掩 兵來將擋，水來土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation 兵来将敌，水来土堰 兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation 兵精粮足 兵精糧足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom) / well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state 兵饷 兵餉 bīng xiǎng pay and provisions for soldiers 劲卒 勁卒 jìng zú elite soldiers / a crack force 强兵 強兵 qiáng bīng strong soldiers / make the military powerful (political slogan) 钳马衔枚 鉗馬銜枚 qián mǎ xián méi with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence 儿童兵研究项目 儿童兵研究項目 r tóng bīng yán jiū xiàng mù Child Soldiers Research Project 儿童兵复员与保护人权论坛 兒童兵複員與保護人權論壇 Forum on the Demobilization of Child Soldiers and the Protection of Human Rights 复员军人组织国际会议 複員軍人組織國際會議 international conference of demobilized soldiers' organizations 复员士兵重返社会项目 複員士兵重返社會項目 Reintegration of Demobilized Soldiers project 中东和北非使用儿童兵问题区域会议 中東和北非使用兒童兵問題區域會議 Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference on the Use of Child Soldiers 制止利用儿童兵联盟 制止利用兒童兵聯盟 Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 眷村 juàn cūn military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949) 红五类 紅五類 hóng wǔ lèi the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs 安难 安難 ān nàn (classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity 罗马鞋 羅馬鞋 luó mǎ xié caligae (sandals worn by Roman soldiers in ancient times) / (fashion) Roman-style sandals / ankle-strap sandals 光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng gǎn sī lìng commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur syn 饷银 餉銀 xiǎng yín (old) pay / wages (esp. for soldiers) 