lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs; fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
爱尔兰共和军愛爾蘭共和軍ai4 er3 lan2 gong4 he2 jun1
Irish Republican Army
澳新军团澳新軍團ao4 xin1 jun1 tuan2
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
澳新军团日澳新軍團日ao4 xin1 jun1 tuan2 ri4
Anzac Day
八国联军八國聯軍ba1 guo2 lian2 jun1
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
八路军八路軍ba1 lu4 jun1
the Eighth Route Army
八一建军节八一建軍節ba1 yi1 jian4 jun1 jie2
see 建軍節|建军节
白斑军舰鸟白斑軍艦鳥bai2 ban1 jun1 jian4 niao3
(bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
白腹军舰鸟白腹軍艦鳥bai2 fu4 jun1 jian4 niao3
(bird species of China) Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
白军白軍bai2 jun1
White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
败不成军敗不成軍bai4 bu4 cheng2 jun1
The army is completely routed. (idiom)
北伐军北伐軍bei3 fa2 jun1
the Northern Expeditionary Army
北洋军北洋軍bei3 yang2 jun1
north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
北洋军阀北洋軍閥bei3 yang2 jun1 fa2
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
北洋陆军北洋陸軍bei3 yang2 lu4 jun1
north China army (esp. during the warlords period)
边防军邊防軍bian1 fang2 jun1
border guard; frontier army
裁减军备裁減軍備cai2 jian3 jun1 bei4
arms reduction
裁军裁軍cai2 jun1
disarmament
参军參軍can1 jun1
to join the army
常胜军常勝軍chang2 sheng4 jun1
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
撤军撤軍che4 jun1
to withdraw troops; to retreat
成军成軍cheng2 jun1
lit. to form an army; to set up (team, group, band, organization etc); to found; opening (ceremony); to commission (arms system, naval vessel); to graduate from an apprenticeship
赤卫军赤衛軍chi4 wei4 jun1
Red Guards
充军充軍chong1 jun1
to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)
从军從軍cong2 jun1
to enlist; to serve in the army
篡军篡軍cuan4 jun1
to usurp the military
打击军事力量打擊軍事力量da3 ji1 jun1 shi4 li4 liang5
counterforce
大将军大將軍da4 jiang1 jun1
important general; generalissimo
大军大軍da4 jun1
army; main forces
大军区大軍區da4 jun1 qu1
PLA military region
敌军敵軍di2 jun1
enemy troops; hostile forces
点军點軍dian3 jun1
Dianjun district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
点军区點軍區dian3 jun1 qu1
Dianjun district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
殿军殿軍dian4 jun1
runner-up
督军督軍du1 jun1
provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
俄军俄軍e2 jun1
Russian army
法军法軍fa3 jun1
French army
飞将军飛將軍fei1 jiang1 jun1
nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广
非军事区非軍事區fei1 jun1 shi4 qu1
Demilitarized Zone DMZ
废除军备廢除軍備fei4 chu2 jun1 bei4
to disarm
奉系军阀奉系軍閥feng4 xi4 jun1 fa2
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
复活的军团復活的軍團fu4 huo2 de5 jun1 tuan2
the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army)
高级军官高級軍官gao1 ji2 jun1 guan1
senior military officers; top brass
隔军事分界线隔軍事分界線ge2 jun1 shi4 fen1 jie4 xian4
military demarcation line MDL; refers to Korean demilitarized zone DMZ
狗头军师狗頭軍師gou3 tou2 jun1 shi1
(derog.) inept advisor; a good-for-nothing adviser; one who offers bad advice
孤军奋战孤軍奮戰gu1 jun1 fen4 zhan4
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
关东军關東軍guan1 dong1 jun1
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
侵略军侵略軍qin1 lve4 jun1
invading army
秦军秦軍qin2 jun1
the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)
清军清軍qing1 jun1
the Qing army
全党全军全黨全軍quan2 dang3 quan2 jun1
the (communist) party and the army together (idiom)
全军全軍quan2 jun1
all-army; all-military
全军覆没全軍覆沒quan2 jun1 fu4 mo4
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
人民解放军人民解放軍ren2 min2 jie3 fang4 jun1
People's Liberation Army
日军日軍ri4 jun1
Japanese army; Japanese troops
日英联军日英聯軍ri4 ying1 lian2 jun1
Anglo-Japanese allied army (intervention during Russian revolution and civil war 1917-1922)
荣军榮軍rong2 jun1
abbr. for 榮譽軍人|荣誉军人
荣誉军人榮譽軍人rong2 yu4 jun1 ren2
disabled soldier; serviceman wounded in action
瑞士军刀瑞士軍刀rui4 shi4 jun1 dao1
Swiss Army knife
三军三軍san1 jun1
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
三军用命三軍用命san1 jun1 yong4 ming4
(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
上将军上將軍shang4 jiang4 jun1
top general; commander-in-chief
十字军十字軍shi2 zi4 jun1
crusaders; army of crusaders; the Crusades
十字军东征十字軍東征shi2 zi4 jun1 dong1 zheng1
the Crusades; crusaders' eastern expedition
十字军远征十字軍遠征shi2 zi4 jun1 yuan3 zheng1
the Crusades
守军守軍shou3 jun1
defenders
水军水軍shui3 jun1
navy (archaic)
铁将军把门鐵將軍把門tie3 jiang1 jun1 ba3 men2
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
铁军鐵軍tie3 jun1
invincible army
童军童軍tong2 jun1
Scout (youth organization); see also 童子軍|童子军
童子军童子軍tong2 zi3 jun1
Scout (youth organization)
童子军童子軍tong2 zi3 jun1
child soldiers; juvenile militia
投军投軍tou2 jun1
to join up; to enlist (e.g. in the military)
团体冠军團體冠軍tuan2 ti3 guan4 jun1
group championship
退伍军人退伍軍人tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2
veteran
退伍军人节退伍軍人節tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 jie2
Veterans' Day
皖系军阀皖系軍閥wan3 xi4 jun1 fa2
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929
王军霞王軍霞wang2 jun1 xia2
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
网络水军網絡水軍wang3 luo4 shui3 jun1
"Internet Navy"; paid Internet posters; astroturfers
伪军偽軍wei3 jun1
puppet army
倭军倭軍wo1 jun1
Japanese army (derog.) (old)
湘军湘軍xiang1 jun1
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
小军舰鸟小軍艦鳥xiao3 jun1 jian4 niao3
(bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
新军新軍xin1 jun1
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
新四军新四軍xin1 si4 jun1
New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
行军行軍xing2 jun1
a march (army); to march
行军床行軍床xing2 jun1 chuang2
camp bed; bivouac
行军礼行軍禮xing2 jun1 li3
military salute
行军路线行軍路線xing2 jun1 lu4 xian4
army itinerary; route of march
亚军亞軍ya4 jun1
second place (in a sports contest); runner-up
野战军野戰軍ye3 zhan4 jun1
field army
夜行军夜行軍ye4 xing2 jun1
a night march
以军以軍yi3 jun1
Israeli soldiers
义军義軍yi4 jun1
volunteer army
异军突起異軍突起yi4 jun1 tu1 qi3
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
义勇军義勇軍yi4 yong3 jun1
volunteer army
义勇军进行曲義勇軍進行曲yi4 yong3 jun1 jin4 xing2 qu3
March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
英军英軍ying1 jun1
British army
友军友軍you3 jun1
friendly forces; allies
幼童军幼童軍you4 tong2 jun1
Cub Scout
预备役军人預備役軍人yu4 bei4 yi4 jun1 ren2
reserve troops
元军元軍yuan2 jun1
Mongol army; army of Yuan dynasty
远征军遠征軍yuan3 zheng1 jun1
expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
站军姿站軍姿zhan4 jun1 zi1
to stand at attention (military)
赵军趙軍zhao4 jun1
army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
政府军政府軍zheng4 fu3 jun1
government army
正规军正規軍zheng4 gui1 jun1
regular army; standing army
直系军阀直係軍閥zhi2 xi4 jun1 fa2
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
治军治軍zhi4 jun1
running of armed forces; military management; to govern armed forces; to direct troops