富国强兵
fù guó qiáng bīng
Pinyin

Definition

富国强兵
 - 
fù guó qiáng bīng
  1. lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

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 CL:個|个[gè]
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
富
Fù
  1. 1 surname Fu
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
丰富
fēng fù
  1. 1 to enrich
  2. 2 rich
  3. 3 plentiful
  4. 4 abundant
财富
cái fù
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 riches
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 CL:個|个[gè]
兵刃
bīng rèn
  1. 1 (bladed) weapons
兵力
bīng lì
  1. 1 military strength
  2. 2 armed forces
  3. 3 troops
兵团
bīng tuán
  1. 1 large military unit
  2. 2 formation
  3. 3 corps
  4. 4 army
兵法
bīng fǎ
  1. 1 art of war
  2. 2 military strategy and tactics
兵营
bīng yíng
  1. 1 military camp
  2. 2 barracks
兵马俑
bīng mǎ yǒng
  1. 1 figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
  2. 2 Terracotta Army (historic site)
出兵
chū bīng
  1. 1 to send troops
大富翁
Dà fù wēng
  1. 1 Monopoly (game)
  2. 2 known as 地產大亨|地产大亨[Dì chǎn Dà hēng] in Taiwan
官兵
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
富于
fù yú
  1. 1 to be full of
  2. 2 to be rich in
富人
fù rén
  1. 1 rich person
  2. 2 the rich
富士
Fù shì
  1. 1 Fuji (Japanese company)

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
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
  1. 1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
兵戎相见
bīng róng xiāng jiàn
  1. 1 to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
天兵天将
tiān bīng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. superior forces
嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
  1. 1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
安富尊荣
ān fù zūn róng
  1. 1 well-off and respected (idiom)
  2. 2 to be content with one's wealth and position

Sample Sentences

你好，我姓郑，郑富，富国强兵的富，张小姐在哪里高就？
nǐhǎo ，wǒ xìng Zhèng ，Zhèng Fù ，fùguóqiángbīng de fù ，Zhāng Xiǎojie zài nǎli gāojiù ？
Hello, my surname is Zheng and my whole name is Zheng Fu. The "Fu" meaning "rich" in the legalist expression "make the country rich and the military strong". Where do you work, Ms Zheng?
Go to Lesson