團練

团练
tuánliàn
local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)

CEDICT

old

Entry Composition

1 團 tuán
  1. round
  2. lump
  3. ball
  4. to roll into a ball
  5. to gather
  6. regiment
  7. group
  8. society
  9. classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
2 練 liàn
  1. to practice
  2. to train
  3. to drill
  4. to perfect (one's skill)
  5. exercise
  6. (literary) white silk
  7. to boil and scour raw silk