招军买马
zhāo​jūn​mǎi​mǎ

to recruit an army

  • created sense approved 招军买马/招軍買馬 · zhāo​jūn​mǎi​mǎ · to recruit an army — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    招军买马 / 招軍買馬

    zhāo​jūn​mǎi​mǎ

    to recruit an army

    to raise an army or recruit personnel for a cause; literally to enlist soldiers and buy horses

    招 (literal) → 招 · zhāo · to recruit 军 (literal) → 军/軍 · jūn · military 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

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

    created sense