军 队 jūn duì army / troops / CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4] 部 队 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] 大 军 dà jūn army / main forces 陆 军 lù jūn army / ground forces 兵 团 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 军 旅 jūn lu:3 army 军 jūn (bound form) army / military 主 力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 美 军 Měi jūn US army / US armed forces 解 放 军 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) 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) 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 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 服 役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service 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 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 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 天 兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up 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 革 命 军 gé mìng jūn revolutionary army 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 铁 军 tiě jūn invincible army 战 旗 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner 绿 营 Lu:4 yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 赵 军 Zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 / during the Warring States 皇 军 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese) 侵 略 军 qīn lu:è jūn invading army 开 小 差 kāi xiǎo chāi to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL) 元 军 Yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty 挥 师 huī shī in command of the army 边 防 军 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army 田 汉 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 国 民 革 命 军 Guó mín Gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army 充 军 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) 调 兵 遣 将 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task 建 军 节 Jiàn jūn jié Army Day (August 1) 扩 编 kuò biān to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment 兵 站 bīng zhàn army service station / military depot 营 垒 yíng lěi army camp 张 自 忠 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War 淮 海 战 役 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 段 祺 瑞 Duàn Qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord 黑 旗 军 Hēi Qí Jūn Black Flag Army 勤 务 兵 qín wù bīng army orderly 蔡 锷 Cài E4 Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915 粮 饷 liáng xiǎng army provisions 兴 师 xīng shī to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces 师 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops 兵 强 马 壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army 北 伐 军 běi fá jūn the Northern Expeditionary Army 校 官 xiào guān military officer / ranked officer in Chinese army, divided into 大校, 上校, 中校, 少校