卒
zú
Pinyin

Definition

卒
 - 
zú
  1. soldier
  2. servant
  3. to finish
  4. to die
  5. finally
  6. at last
  7. pawn in Chinese chess
卒 (䘚)
 - 
zú
  1. variant of 卒[zú]
卒
 - 
cù
  1. variant of 猝[cù]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (13)

碎
suì
  1. 1 to break down
  2. 2 to break into pieces
  3. 3 fragmentary
粹
cuì
  1. 1 pure
  2. 2 unmixed
  3. 3 essence
醉
zuì
  1. 1 intoxicated
翠
cuì
  1. 1 bluish-green
  2. 2 green jade
猝
cù
  1. 1 abrupt
  2. 2 sudden
  3. 3 unexpected

Related Words (9)

卒
zú
  1. 1 variant: 卒 zú
兵卒
bīng zú
  1. 1 soldiers
  2. 2 troops
士卒
shì zú
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 private (army)
小卒
xiǎo zú
  1. 1 foot soldier
  2. 2 minor figure
  3. 3 a nobody
  4. 4 (chess) pawn
狱卒
yù zú
  1. 1 jailer (old)

Idioms (2)

为德不卒
wéi dé bù zú
  1. 1 to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
无名小卒
wú míng xiǎo zú
  1. 1 insignificant soldier (idiom)
  2. 2 a nobody
  3. 3 nonentity

Sample Sentences

孙子曰：夫用兵之法，全国为上，破国次之，全军为上，破军次之；全旅为上，破旅次之；全卒为上，破卒次之；全伍为上，破伍次之。
Sūnzǐ yuē ：fú yòngbīng zhī fǎ ，quán guó wéishàng ，pò guó cìzhī ，quán jūn wéishàng ，pò jūn cìzhī ；quán lǚ wéishàng ，pò lǚ cìzhī ；quán zú wéishàng ，pò zú cìzhī ；quán wǔ wéishàng ，pò wǔ cìzhī 。
Sun Tzu said: deployment of the army is based on the country, the entire army and their smaller battalions being placed first while battle is second best choice.
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