兵强马壮

lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

surname Qiang

stubborn / unyielding

strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]

to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort

variant of 強|强[jiang4]

variant of 強|强[qiang2]

variant of 強|强[qiang3]

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group

to strengthen / strong / robust