兵微将寡
bīng​wēi​jiàng​guǎ

lacking soldiers and leaders

  • created sense approved 兵微将寡/兵微將寡 · bīng​wēi​jiàng​guǎ · lacking soldiers and leaders — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵微将寡 / 兵微將寡

    bīng​wēi​jiàng​guǎ

    lacking soldiers and leaders

    (literary) describes a situation where an army is small and weak, lacking both sufficient soldiers and capable commanders

    bīng​wéi​jiàng​guǎ

    兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · army 微 (literal) → 微 · wēi · to decline 将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiàng · general 寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · few

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

    created sense