穷兵黩武
qióng​bīng​dú​wǔ

militaristic and aggressive

  • created sense approved 穷兵黩武/窮兵黷武 · qióng​bīng​dú​wǔ · militaristic and aggressive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穷兵黩武 / 窮兵黷武

    qióng​bīng​dú​wǔ

    militaristic and aggressive

    To exhaust all military resources to wage wars of aggression; describes being extremely bellicose or warlike.

    穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · warfare 黩 (literal) → 黩/黷 · dú · to overuse 武 (literal) → 武 · wǔ · martial

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

    created sense