"Army" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jūn duì army / troops / CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dà jūn army / main forces
 lù jūn army / ground forces
 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army
 jūn lu:3 army
 jūn (bound form) army / military
 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army
 Měi jūn US army / US armed forces
 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces)
 Rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops
 Hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy)
 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel
 jūn yíng barracks / army camp
 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army
 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier
 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service
 jūn xián army rank / military rank
 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)
 cān jūn to join the army
 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist
 Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army
 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
 Yīng jūn British army
 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander
 pàn jūn rebel army
 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
 Lín Biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution
 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades
 jūn zhèng army and government
 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom) / fig. a complete wipeout
 liáng cǎo army provisions / rations and fodder
 zhì yuàn jūn volunteer army
 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site)
 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training
 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
 Zhū Dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
 Qīng jūn the Qing army
 Xīn sì jūn New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army
 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
 E2 jūn Russian army
 Xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel
 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army
 táo bīng army deserter
 yì jūn volunteer army
 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up
 Ruì shì jūn dāo Swiss Army knife
 guān jūn official army government army
 yě zhàn jūn field army
 jūn shì xùn liàn military exercise / army drill
 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
 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition
 wěi jūn puppet army
 zhèng fǔ jūn government army
 Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)
 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops
 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / to raise a large army / fig. to expand business / to recruit new staff
 gé mìng jūn revolutionary army
 bīng biàn mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
 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
 Fǎ jūn French army
 jūn liáng army provisions
 yì yǒng jūn volunteer army
 Guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
 hǎi lù sea and land / ocean and continent / army and navy
 tiě jūn invincible army
 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner
绿 Lu:4 yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
 Zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 / during the Warring States
 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese)
 qīn lu:è jūn invading army
 kāi xiǎo chāi to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL)
 Yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
 huī shī in command of the army
 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army
 Tián Hàn Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
 Guó mín Gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army
 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)
 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
 Jiàn jūn jié Army Day (August 1)
 kuò biān to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
 bīng zhàn army service station / military depot
 yíng lěi army camp
 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
 Huái hǎi Zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
 Duàn Qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
 Hēi Qí Jūn Black Flag Army
 qín wù bīng army orderly
 Cài E4 Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915
 liáng xiǎng army provisions
 xīng shī to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces
 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
 běi fá jūn the Northern Expeditionary Army
 xiào guān military officer / ranked officer in Chinese army, divided into 大校, 上校, 中校, 少校
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