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招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
What 招兵买马 means
- lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom)
- fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
The characters in 招兵买马
- 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
- 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
- 买mǎito buy; to purchase
- 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
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