qiū​bā

soldier

  • created sense approved 丘八 · qiū​bā · soldier — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    丘八

    qiū​bā

    soldier

    (slang) a soldier; this term is used disparagingly and comes from splitting the character [[兵|兵|bing1]] into its top and bottom parts: [[丘|丘|qiu1]] and [[八|八|ba1]].

    丘 (literal) → 丘 · qiū · mound 八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense