散兵游勇 — Chinese idiom
散兵游勇
sǎn bīng yóu yǒng
Traditional: 散兵遊勇
Meaning
- lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers ; fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
Character by character
- 散sǎnto scatter, to disperse, to break up
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 游yóuto wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
- 勇yǒngbrave, courageous, fierce
Idioms sharing a character
- 一哄而散 yī hōng ér sàn
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 如鸟兽散 rú niǎo shòu sàn
- 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
- 披头散发 pī tóu sàn fà
- 散心解闷 sàn xīn jiě mèn
- 烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn
- 尽欢而散 jìn huān ér sàn
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