三军 (三軍)
sān jūn
Pinyin

Definition

三军 (三軍)
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sān jūn
  1. (in former times) upper, middle and lower army
  2. army of right, center and left
  3. (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

朱日和战地，虎贲云集，三军亮剑静候沙场点兵。
Zhūrìhé zhàndì ，hǔbēn yúnjí ，sānjūn liàng jiàn jìng hòu shāchǎng diǎnbīng 。
The Zhurihe battlefield, warriors converge, the bright sword of the three branches of the armed services, silently waiting in the sands for the gathering of forces.
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当然看到了，就在第一方阵，海陆空，三军仪仗队方阵，倒数三排都是女军人，还有白求恩医疗方阵也都是女军医们。
dāngrán kàndào le ，jiù zài dì yī fāngzhèn ，hǎilùkōng ，sānjūn yízhàngduì fāngzhèn ，dàoshǔ sān pái dōu shì nǚ jūnrén ，háiyǒu Báiqiúēn yīliáo fāngzhèn yě dōu shì nǚ jūnyī men 。
Of course I did, they were in the first formation, with the honor guard of the navy, the infantry and the air force, the third from last row was all female soldiers and the Norman Bethune Commemorative Medical Formation were also all female army doctors.
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