队 伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] 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] 人 马 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur 兵 力 bīng lì military strength / armed forces / troops 麾 下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) 兵 员 bīng yuán soldiers / troops 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc 兵 卒 bīng zú soldiers / troops 师 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops 兵 队 bīng duì troops 戎 行 róng háng troops / military affairs 部 众 bù zhòng troops 日 军 Rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 官 兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops 出 动 chū dòng to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops 口 令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry) 敌 军 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 部 下 bù xià troops under one's command / subordinate 奇 兵 qí bīng troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush) 出 兵 chū bīng to send troops 兵 马 bīng mǎ troops and horses / military forces 外 线 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 阵 型 zhèn xíng formation (of a sports team, troops etc) 部 属 bù shǔ troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry 驻 军 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops / garrison 派 兵 pài bīng to dispatch troops 练 兵 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training 撤 军 chè jūn to withdraw troops / to retreat 带 兵 dài bīng to lead troops 精 兵 jīng bīng elite troops 镇 守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect 出 师 chū shī to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander) 生 力 军 shēng lì jūn fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force 看 齐 kàn qí to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) 阅 兵 yuè bīng to review troops / military parade 排 头 兵 pái tóu bīng lit. frontline troops / leader / trailblazer / pacesetter 天 兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up 移 师 yí shī to move troops to / (fig.) to move to / to shift to 清 兵 Qīng bīng Qing troops / Manchu soldiers 收 编 shōu biān to incorporate into one's troops / to weave in 伏 兵 fú bīng hidden troops / ambush 发 兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army / to send troops 收 兵 shōu bīng to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over 按 兵 不 动 àn bīng bù dòng to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom) / to bide one's time 誓 师 shì shī to vow before one's troops 点 兵 diǎn bīng to muster troops / (fig.) to gather forces 身 先 士 卒 shēn xiān shì zú to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead 犒 劳 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] 治 军 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 军 饷 jūn xiǎng funds and provisions for the troops / (soldier's) pay 兵 荒 马 乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war 增 兵 zēng bīng to reinforce / to increase troop numbers / reinforcements / extra troops 兴 兵 xīng bīng to send troops 勤 王 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king 班 师 bān shī to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph 加 派 jiā pài to reinforce / to dispatch troops 撤 兵 chè bīng to withdraw troops / to retreat 先 遣 队 xiān qiǎn duì advance party / advance troops 配 属 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit 陈 兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops 兵 源 bīng yuán manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops 兴 师 xīng shī to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces 皇 粮 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops / funds or items supplied by the government 疑 兵 yí bīng troops deployed to mislead the enemy 屯 垦 tún kěn to open up land for cultivation / to garrison troops to open up land 整 训 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train 白 军 Bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 养 兵 yǎng bīng to train troops 阵 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration 征 兵 zhēng bīng to levy troops / recruitment 驻 zhù to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) 彪 biāo tiger stripes / tiger cub / (old) classifier for troops 钲 zhēng gong used to halt troops 兵 败 如 山 倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom) / a beaten army in total collapse 天 兵 天 将 tiān bīng tiān jiàng celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces 虾 兵 蟹 将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) 鸣 金 收 军 míng jīn shōu jūn to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom) / to order a retreat 师 出 有 名 shī chū yǒu míng lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) / to do something with good reason / to have just cause 搬 兵 bān bīng to call for reinforcements / to bring in troops 撒 军 sǎ jūn withdraw troops 休 兵 xiū bīng to cease fire / armistice / rested troops 布 伍 bù wǔ to deploy troops 兵 马 未 动 , 粮 草 先 行 bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom) / logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach 冗 兵 rǒng bīng superfluous troops 围 城 打 援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom) / strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops 地 面 部 队 dì miàn bù duì ground troops 天 津 会 议 专 条 Tiān jīn huì yì zhuān tiáo Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[Li3 Hong2 zhang1] and ITŌ / Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea 平 型 关 大 捷 Píng xíng guān dà jié Great Victory at Pingxing Pass, ambush of Japanese troops by Communist forces on September 25, 1937 at 平型關|平型关[Ping2 xing2 guan1] 御 驾 亲 征 yù jià qīn zhēng the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom) / to take part personally in an expedition 撤 营 chè yíng to withdraw troops 溃 兵 kuì bīng defeated troops / routed army / scattered soldiers 溃 军 kuì jūn routed troops 甲 申 政 变 Jiǎ shēn zhèng biàn unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops 留 军 壁 邺 liú jūn bì yè troops remaining stationed in Ye / fig. a hardship posting 越 障 yuè zhàng to surmount obstacles / assault course for training troops 预 备 役 军 人 yù bèi yì jūn rén reserve troops 鸣 金 收 兵 míng jīn shōu bīng to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom) / to order a retreat 部 队 总 部 直 属 部 队 Force Headquarters Troops 空 运 机 动 部 队 airmobile troops