師旅
shī​lǚ

troops

  • created sense approved 师旅/師旅 · shī​lǚ · troops — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师旅 / 師旅

    shī​lǚ

    troops

    troops in general; army forces. Historically, this referred to specific military units of 2,500 men ([[师|師|shi1]]) and 500 men ([[旅|旅|lu:3]]), but it evolved into a general term for the military.

    师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · division 旅 (literal) → 旅 · lǚ · troops

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

    created sense