招兵买马

Traditional: 招兵買馬

zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

Dictionary entry

lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom)

What does 招兵买马 mean?

招兵买马 (zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom)

2fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff

Character breakdown

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招zhāoto recruit · to provoke 兵bīngsoldiers · a force 买mǎito buy · to purchase 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

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招兵买马

zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

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