hán​xìn​diǎn​bīng

the more the better

  • created reference approved 韩信点兵/韓信點兵 → 韩信/韓信 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    韩信点兵 / 韓信點兵 hán​xìn​diǎn​bīng

    韩信 / 韓信 hán​xìn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 韩信点兵/韓信點兵 → 多多益善 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    韩信点兵 / 韓信點兵 hán​xìn​diǎn​bīng

    多多益善 duō​duō​yì​shàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 韩信点兵/韓信點兵 · hán​xìn​diǎn​bīng · the more the better — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    韩信点兵 / 韓信點兵

    hán​xìn​diǎn​bīng

    the more the better

    a four-character idiom and pun, from a story about the general [[韩信|韓信|han2 xin4]] counting his troops, used to mean the more there is of something, the better it is

    韩信 (literal) → 韩信/韓信 · hán​xìn · Han Xin 点兵 (literal) → 点兵/點兵 · diǎn​bīng · to muster troops

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

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