兵强马壮 — Chinese idiom
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
Traditional: 兵強馬壯
Meaning
- lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses
- fig. a well-trained and powerful army
Character by character
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 强qiángstrong, powerful, energetic
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 壮zhuàngbig, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
Idioms sharing a character
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
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