排兵布阵 — Chinese idiom
排兵布阵
pái bīng bù zhèn
Traditional: 排兵布陣
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
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