排兵布阵 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to deploy troops in battle formation; (fig.) to organize and deploy personnel strategically

Character by character

• 排páirow, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
• 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 布bùcotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare;
• 阵zhènrow, column; ranks, troop formation

Idioms sharing a character

• 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
• 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
• 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi
• 排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn
• 排难解纷 pái nàn jiě fēn
• 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

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.