招兵买马 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army To recruit soldiers and buy horses; to build up or expand military forces to recruit staff To gather talent or hire personnel to set up a business or expand an organization Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.686 per million Cross-References Same as 买马招军 mǎimǎzhāojūn招军买马 zhāojūnmǎimǎReferenced by 招兵 zhāobīng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army To recruit soldiers and buy horses; to build up or expand military forces to recruit staff To gather talent or hire personnel to set up a business or expand an organization Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.686 per million Cross-References Same as 买马招军 mǎimǎzhāojūn招军买马 zhāojūnmǎimǎReferenced by 招兵 zhāobīng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
