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serviceman / soldier / military personnel
HSK 5
champion
HSK 5
second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up
HSK 5
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
armed forces; troops / CL: , 個|个
HSK 6
general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot
HSK 6
navy
HSK 6
army / ground forces
HSK 6
warship / military naval vessel / CL:
HSK 6
officer (military)
HSK 7-9
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
HSK 7-9
to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading
HSK 7-9
(common place name)
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
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  *军* | 军* | *军
(bound form) army / military
to do military training
Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
(for) military use / military application
barracks / army camp
military
to march / to advance
to withdraw troops / to retreat
military school / military academy
Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee
invincible army
Russian army
army rank / military rank
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
military uniform
to enlist / to serve in the army
(of troops) to march
soldier / noncommssioned officer (NCO)
army
military exercises
military aircraft / secret plan / Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
military supplies
rebel army
military doctor
geographical area of command / (PLA) military district
Dianjun district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
army / main forces
corps / legion
third in a race / bronze medalist
US army / US armed forces
New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
allied forces; friendly troops
military knife / saber
(military) meritorious service
the Qing army
military power
allied forces
army provisions
the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
whole army
volunteer army
Japanese army / Japanese troops
military vehicle
(military) arms / armaments
military clique / junta / warlord
to station or garrison troops / garrison
(military) reinforcements
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel
army and government
allied armies
defenders
land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
(old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser
(military) troop morale / (fig.) team morale
puppet army
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
(old) government troops
military situation / military intelligence
imperial guard
naval port / naval base
enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
arms sales
running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
a soldier's pay and provisions
British army
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
military expenditure
martial law
military affairs
to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)
disarmament
(of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
armament / to expand armed forces
military sports / military fitness (curriculum etc) / abbr. for 軍事體育|军事体育
imperial army (esp. Japanese)
(derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice

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