调兵遣将 — Chinese idiom
调兵遣将
diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
Traditional: 調兵遣將
Meaning
- to move an army and send a general ; to deploy an army
- to send a team on a task
Character by character
- 调diàotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 遣qiǎnto send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off
- 将jiàngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener
Idioms sharing a character
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 怪腔怪调 guài qiāng guài diào
- 洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào
- 众口难调 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 调三窝四 tiáo sān wō sì
- 调嘴学舌 tiáo zuǐ xué shé
- 调虎离山 diào hǔ lí shān
- 风调雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
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