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招兵买马

招
招
兵
兵
买
買
马
馬
to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army / fig. to expand business / to recruit new staff

Characters and words in 招兵买马

招
zhāo = zh + ao1
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
Add a new mnemonic for 招 = 召 + 扌
招
兵
to recruit soldiers
兵
bīng = bi + (e)ng1
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]
Add a new mnemonic for 兵 = 丘 + 八
买
買
mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
Add a new mnemonic for 买 = ㇖ + 头
Add a new mnemonic for 买 = 乛 + 头
Add a new mnemonic for 買 = 罒 + 貝
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
Add a new mnemonic for 马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
Add a new mnemonic for 马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一

Words with 招兵买马

招兵买马 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 招兵买马

招兵买马 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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