武 器 wǔ qì weapon / arms / CL:種|种[zhong3] 军 队 jūn duì army / troops / CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4] 武 装 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) 部 队 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] 大 军 dà jūn army / main forces 兵 器 bīng qì weaponry / weapons / arms 陆 军 lù jūn army / ground forces 双 臂 shuāng bì arms / both arms / two arms 兵 团 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 军 火 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms 军 旅 jūn lu:3 army 军 备 jūn bèi (military) arms / armaments 干 戈 gān gē weapons of war / arms 军 jūn (bound form) army / military 目 的 mù dì purpose / aim / goal / target / objective / CL:個|个[ge4] 主 力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 宗 旨 zōng zhǐ objective / aim / goal 美 军 Měi jūn US army / US armed forces 手 臂 shǒu bì arm / helper 的 dì aim / clear 解 放 军 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) 胳 膊 gē bo arm / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1] 日 军 Rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 红 军 Hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) 巡 逻 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) 标 的 biāo dì target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain 摆 手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms 搂 住 lǒu zhù to hold in one's arms / to embrace 上 校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel 军 营 jūn yíng barracks / army camp 人 民 解 放 军 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army 成 全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off 当 兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier 少 校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 比 试 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring 服 役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service 母 校 mǔ xiào alma mater 徽 章 huī zhāng badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms 军 衔 jūn xián army rank / military rank 八 路 军 Bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 参 军 cān jūn to join the army 入 伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist 中 国 人 民 解 放 军 Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) 集 团 军 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 下 士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 英 军 Yīng jūn British army 中 校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 叛 军 pàn jūn rebel army 三 军 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 林 彪 Lín Biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution 十 字 军 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades 施 舍 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) 军 政 jūn zhèng army and government 全 军 覆 没 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom) / fig. a complete wipeout 粮 草 liáng cǎo army provisions / rations and fodder 志 愿 军 zhì yuàn jūn volunteer army 兵 马 俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) 练 兵 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training 千 军 万 马 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) / impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men 朱 德 Zhū Dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army 清 军 Qīng jūn the Qing army 新 四 军 Xīn sì jūn New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists 从 军 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army 留 校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation 甩 手 shuǎi shǒu to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth 袖 手 旁 观 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger 张 学 良 Zhāng Xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army 俄 军 E2 jūn Russian army 湘 军 Xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 大 校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel 正 规 军 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 逃 兵 táo bīng army deserter 义 军 yì jūn volunteer army 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub- 纹 章 wén zhāng coat of arms 天 兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up 膀 子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing 大 志 dà zhì high aims 瑞 士 军 刀 Ruì shì jūn dāo Swiss Army knife 官 军 guān jūn official army government army 野 战 军 yě zhàn jūn field army 军 事 训 练 jūn shì xùn liàn military exercise / army drill 纸 上 谈 兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng 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 远 征 军 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition 伪 军 wěi jūn puppet army 政 府 军 zhèng fǔ jūn government army 秦 军 Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) 发 兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops 招 兵 买 马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / to raise a large army / fig. to expand business / to recruit new staff 胳 臂 gē bei arm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / also pr. [ge1 bi4] 革 命 军 gé mìng jūn revolutionary army 衣 钵 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 国 徽 guó huī national emblem / national coat of arms 兵 变 bīng biàn mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army 整 风 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 法 军 Fǎ jūn French army 军 粮 jūn liáng army provisions 义 勇 军 yì yǒng jūn volunteer army 关 东 军 Guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 海 陆 hǎi lù sea and land / ocean and continent / army and navy