千乘之國

千乘之国
qiānshèngzhīguó
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state

CEDICT

archaic

Entry Composition

=1 千 qiān thousand
=1 千 qiān used in 鞦韆 qiūqiān
2 乘 shèng
  1. (archaic) four horse military chariot
  2. (archaic) four
  3. generic term for history books
3 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
4 國 guó
  1. country; nation; state
  2. (bound form) national