止戈为武 zhǐgēwéiwǔ to maintain peace by ending conflict Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 止戈为武 止戈為武 zhǐgēwéiwǔ to maintain peace by ending conflict (literary) stop fighting to achieve true strength; military force should be used only to maintain peace. This phrase is based on the idea that the character 武 wǔ (military/strength) is composed of 止 zhǐ (to stop) and 戈 gē (dagger-axe). Frequency Written text 0.012 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
止戈为武 止戈為武 zhǐgēwéiwǔ to maintain peace by ending conflict (literary) stop fighting to achieve true strength; military force should be used only to maintain peace. This phrase is based on the idea that the character 武 wǔ (military/strength) is composed of 止 zhǐ (to stop) and 戈 gē (dagger-axe). Frequency Written text 0.012 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
