杯酒释兵权 (杯酒釋兵權)
bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán
Pinyin

Definition

杯酒释兵权 (杯酒釋兵權)
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bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán
  1. to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
  2. cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下酒
xià jiǔ
  1. 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
  2. 2 to down one's drink
兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
杯
bēi
  1. 1 cup
  2. 2 trophy cup
  3. 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
酒
jiǔ
  1. 1 wine (esp. rice wine)
  2. 2 liquor
  3. 3 spirits
  4. 4 alcoholic beverage
  5. 5 classifier: 杯 bēi
  6. 6 classifier: 瓶 píng
  7. 7 classifier: 罐 guàn
  8. 8 classifier: 桶 tǒng
  9. 9 classifier: 缸 gāng

Idioms (20)

今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
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