窮兵黷武

穷兵黩武
qióngbīngdúwǔ
  1. to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
  2. militaristic
  3. bellicose

CEDICT

to start wars and use military might rashly and excessively

Wiktionary

恣意運用兵力，發動戰爭。《三國志．卷五八．吳書．陸遜傳》：「窮兵黷武，動費萬計，士卒彫瘁，寇不為衰，而我已大病矣！」也作「黷武窮兵」、「窮兵極武」。

重編國語辭典

恣意運用兵力，發動戰爭

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 窮 qióng
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
2 兵 bīng
  1. soldiers
  2. a force
  3. an army
  4. weapons
  5. arms
  6. military
  7. warlike

classifier: 個
3 黷武 dúwǔ
  1. militaristic
  2. to use military force indiscriminately

Related entries

黷武 dúwǔ
  1. militaristic
  2. to use military force indiscriminately