兵书 (兵書)
bīng shū
Pinyin

Definition

兵书 (兵書)
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bīng shū
  1. a book on the art of war

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
士兵
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
兵
bīng
  1. 1 soldiers
  2. 2 a force
  3. 3 an army
  4. 4 weapons
  5. 5 arms
  6. 6 military
  7. 7 warlike
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
  1. 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
  2. 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

Sample Sentences

我从小习武，骑马射箭样样精通，而且还看过很多兵书。我想女扮男装......
wǒ cóngxiǎo xíwǔ ，qímǎ shèjiàn yàngyàng jīngtōng ，érqiě hái kàn guo hěn duō bīngshū 。wǒ xiǎng nǚbànnánzhuāng ......
Ever since I was young, I've practiced martial arts, horseback riding and archery, and I'm proficient in them all. Moreover, I've also read many books on warfare. I would like to disguise myself as a man.
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三十六计》？也是兵书吗？
sānshíliùjì 》？yě shì bīngshū ma ？
``The Thirty-six Strategems?" Is it another military book?
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孙子兵法》，那不是中国古代的兵书吗？你又不打仗看它干吗？
sūnzǐbīngfǎ 》，nà bù shì Zhōngguó gǔdài de bīngshū ma ？nǐ yòu bù dǎzhàng kàn tā gànma ？
Isn't ``The Art of War" an ancient Chinese book on military strategy? You're not a soldier-- why are you reading that?
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