收兵

shōubīng
  1. to retreat
  2. to withdraw troops
  3. to recall troops
  4. fig. to finish work
  5. to wind up
  6. to call it a day
  7. used with negatives: the task is far from over

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to wind up; to conclude; to bring to a close
  2. (literary) to retreat (an army); to withdraw one’s forces
  3. to retreat (an army); to withdraw one’s forces
  4. to wind up; to conclude; to bring to a close

Wiktionary

  1. 招收士兵。
  2. 撤退军队。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 收 shōu
  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to collect
  4. to put away
  5. to restrain
  6. to stop
  7. in care of (used on address line after name)
2 兵 bīng
  1. soldiers
  2. a force
  3. an army
  4. weapons
  5. arms
  6. military
  7. warlike

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

草率收兵 cǎoshuàishōubīng
  1. to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. half-baked
草草收兵 cǎocǎoshōubīng
  1. to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. half-baked
鸣金收兵 míngjīnshōubīng to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat

Related entries

撤退 chètuì to retreat
退却 tuìquè
  1. to retreat
  2. to shrink back
回归 huíguī
  1. to return to
  2. to retreat
  3. regression (statistics)
有一首关于澳门回归的歌很好听。

There's a really good song about Macau's return to Chinese rule.

Source: Tatoeba

后撤 hòuchè
  1. to pull back (an army)
  2. to retreat
撤兵 chèbīng
  1. to withdraw troops
  2. to retreat
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