富国强兵

Traditional: 富國強兵

fù guó qiáng bīng

Dictionary entry

lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times

What does 富国强兵 mean?

富国强兵 (fù guó qiáng bīng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times

2Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

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富Fùsurname Fu 国Guósurname Guo 强Qiángsurname Qiang 兵bīngsoldiers · a force

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富国强兵

fù guó qiáng bīng

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