兵戈
bīng gē
Pinyin
Definition
兵戈
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- weapons
- arms
- fighting
- war
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
先礼后兵
- 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
- 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
全民皆兵
- 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
- 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
兵来将挡,水来土掩
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation