bīng 
		soldiers
a force
an army
weapons
arms
military
warlike
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pái tóu bīng 
		lit. frontline troops
leader
trailblazer
pacesetter
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mín bīng 
		people's militia
militia
militiaman
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīng Jiā 
		Military School of Thought, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220BC)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng jiā 
		military strategist in ancient China
military commander
soldier
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn bīng 
		to drill troops
army training
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǐ shàng tán bīng 
		lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
armchair strategist
idle theorizing
cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuè bīng 
		to review troops
military parade
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng mǎ yǒng 
		figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
Terracotta Army (historic site)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biāo bīng 
		parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes)
example
model
pacesetter
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng zhǒng 
		(military) branch of the armed forces
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhēng bīng 
		to levy troops
recruitment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng lì 
		military strength
armed forces
troops
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qí bīng 
		troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ 
		to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
fig. to expand business
to recruit new staff
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng fǎ 
		art of war
military strategy and tactics
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tè zhǒng bīng 
		commando
special forces soldier
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng tuán 
		large military unit
formation
corps
army
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù bīng 
		infantry
foot
infantryman
foot soldier
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng lín chéng xià 
		soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shōu bīng 
		to retreat
to withdraw troops
to recall troops
fig. to finish work
to wind up
to call it a day
used with negatives: the task is far from over
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàng děng bīng 
		private first class (army rank)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dāng bīng 
		to serve in the army
to be a soldier
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			diǎn bīng 
		to muster troops
(fig.) to gather forces
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sūn zǐ Bīng Fǎ 
		”Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī Shū], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sūn zǐ]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng mǎ 
		troops and horses
military forces
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hóng wèi bīng 
		Red Guards (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīng Bù 
		Ministry of War in Imperial China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zēng bīng 
		to reinforce
to increase troop numbers
reinforcements
extra troops
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīng kù 
		Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]