大兵 dà bīng soldier / large army / powerful army / (old) large-scale war 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 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small / very few / very minor syn 段祺瑞 duàn qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord 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 富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn 翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 红军 紅軍 hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) 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 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 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 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 北洋军 北洋軍 běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution 复活的军团 復活的軍團 fù huó de jūn tuán the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army) 绿旗兵 綠旗兵 lǜ qí bīng same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 绿营兵 綠營兵 lǜ yíng bīng Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 长平之战 長平之戰 cháng píng zhī zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 南斯拉夫国防军 南斯拉夫國防軍 National Yugoslav Army / Yugoslav People's Army 野战集团军 野戰集團軍 field army / army 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 甚微 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal syn 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 良 liáng good / very / very much syn 毕肖 畢肖 bì xiào to resemble closely / to be the very image of / to look very much like / to be the spitting image of 少之又少 shǎo zhī yòu shǎo very few / very little 死顽固 死頑固 sǐ wán gù very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard syn 本小利微 běn xiǎo lì wēi (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits 山响 山響 shān xiǎng very loud / very noisy 强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful syn 背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful 有力 yǒu lì powerful / forceful / vigorous syn 强劲 強勁 qiáng jìng strong / powerful / robust syn 强力 強力 qiáng lì powerful syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 富豪 fù háo rich and powerful person syn 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon 雄风 雄風 xióng fēng vigor / virility / dynamism / (literary) powerful wind syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 豪门 豪門 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots syn 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 强敌 強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy 威猛 wēi měng bold and powerful syn 强队 強隊 qiáng duì a powerful team (sports) 强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful syn 豪放 háo fàng bold and unconstrained / powerful and free syn 富强 富強 fù qiáng rich and powerful syn 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful syn 太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn 叱咤风云 叱咤風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful syn 魏国 魏國 wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms 大用 dà yòng to put sb in powerful position / to empower 强震 強震 qiáng zhèn powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震 伍子胥 wǔ zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 财阀 財閥 cái fá tycoon / magnate / powerful corporation / conglomerate syn 雄健 xióng jiàn vigorous / robust / powerful syn 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people syn 龙虎斗 龍虎鬥 lóng hǔ dòu fight between powerful contenders 曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn 门阀 門閥 mén fá rich and powerful family syn 王导 王導 wáng dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325 帮闲 幫閑 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc syn 冲 衝 chòng powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of syn 安德海 ān dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 劲 勁 jìng stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful syn 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 骙 騤 kuí (of a horse) powerful / strong 驵 駔 zǎng powerful horse syn 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn 两虎相斗 兩虎相鬥 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants 吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician 吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician 夤缘攀附 夤緣攀附 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing 如蝇逐臭 如蠅逐臭 rú yíng zhú chòu like flies pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash 扳龙附凤 扳龍附鳳 bān lóng fù fèng hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom) / fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement 攀高结贵 攀高結貴 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom) / to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing 有钱有势 有錢有勢 yǒu qián yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom) 波澜老成 波瀾老成 bō lán lǎo chéng splendid and powerful (of story) / majestic / awesome 皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom) / person with powerful connections syn 谋臣武将 謀臣武將 móu chén wǔ jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom) 谋臣猛将 謀臣猛將 móu chén měng jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom) 一字褒贬 一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn lit. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful style 掷地有声 擲地有聲 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance syn 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 抱粗腿 bào cū tuǐ to latch on to the rich and powerful 