Word information
Simplified兵役
Traditional兵役
Pinyinbīng yì
Part of speechDictionary
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Character breakdown
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兵bīng
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
士兵shìbīngsoldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
官兵guānbīng(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
退役tuìyì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
战役zhànyìmilitary campaign
纸上谈兵zhǐshàng-tánbīnglit. 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[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC