Read Edit View history 招兵买马 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army To recruit soldiers and buy horses; to build up or expand military forces to recruit staff To gather talent or hire personnel to set up a business or expand an organization Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.686 per million Cross-References Same as 买马招军 mǎimǎzhāojūn招军买马 zhāojūnmǎimǎReferenced by 招兵 zhāobīng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāobīngmǎimǎ to raise an army To recruit soldiers and buy horses; to build up or expand military forces to recruit staff To gather talent or hire personnel to set up a business or expand an organization Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.686 per million Cross-References Same as 买马招军 mǎimǎzhāojūn招军买马 zhāojūnmǎimǎReferenced by 招兵 zhāobīng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)