兵家

bīngjiā
  1. military strategist in ancient China
  2. military commander
  3. soldier

CEDICT

  1. (literary) military strategist; military commander
  2. School of the Military
  3. military strategist; military commander

Wiktionary

  1. 先秦諸子之一。
  2. 精曉用兵之道的人。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

兵家 Bīngjiā the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家 zhūzǐbǎijiā of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

Entry Composition

1 兵 bīng
  1. soldiers
  2. a force
  3. an army
  4. weapons
  5. arms
  6. military
  7. warlike

classifier: 個
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

兵家常事 bīngjiāchángshì commonplace in military operations (idiom)

Related entries

丘八 qiūbā soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)
卒 zú
  1. soldier
  2. servant
  3. to finish
  4. to die
  5. finally
  6. at last
  7. pawn in Chinese chess
士兵 shìbīng soldier

classifier: 個

士兵給了我水。

The soldier gave water to me.

Source: Tatoeba

士卒 shìzú
  1. soldier
  2. private (army)
大兵 dàbīng
  1. soldier
  2. large army
  3. powerful army
  4. (old) large-scale war
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