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lính; binh lính; quân lính

quan binh; sĩ quan và binh lính; quân lính

to dispatch an army; to send troops

same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

paratrooper; airborne troops

elite troops

to recruit soldiers

Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)

lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing

to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose

Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite

to drill troops; army training

troops deployed to mislead the enemy

conscript; draftee

old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)

to send troops

(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops

to serve in the army; to be a soldier

lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat; to fight at close quarters