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散兵

sǎn bīng

2-character word

What 散兵 means

1. loose and disorganized soldiers
2. stragglers
3. fig. a loner

The characters in 散兵

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army

Words starting with 散兵

• 散兵游勇sǎn bīng yóu yǒnglit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
• 散兵坑sǎn bīng kēngfoxhole (military)

Sounds the same

Read sǎn bīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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