兵
兵 character breakdown
mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / surname Qiu
eight; 8
Characters with 兵 as component
visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
宾
=
兵
+
宀
:
Mnemonic symbol: Robin Hood, 罗宾汉.
Brunhilde (bi) has often been robbed by Robin Hood (宾) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), so she hired some soldiers (兵) to protect her. But even as she leaves the encampment even the soldiers cannot prevent Robin Hood from snatching away her brand new graduation cap (宀) from her head.
Brunhilde (bi) has often been robbed by Robin Hood (宾) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), so she hired some soldiers (兵) to protect her. But even as she leaves the encampment even the soldiers cannot prevent Robin Hood from snatching away her brand new graduation cap (宀) from her head.
Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] / used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama
Words with 兵
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
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
same as 綠營|绿营[lü4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units