拥兵自重
yōng​bīng​zì​zhòng

to amass troops to defy authority

  • created sense approved 拥兵自重/擁兵自重 · yōng​bīng​zì​zhòng · to amass troops to defy authority — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拥兵自重 / 擁兵自重

    yōng​bīng​zì​zhòng

    to amass troops to defy authority

    to command a personal army to increase one's own power, typically while defying orders from the central government

    拥 (literal) → 拥/擁 · yōng · to possess 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · army 自重 (literal) → 自重 · zì​zhòng · to increase one's own status

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

    created sense