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鸣金收兵

míng jīn shōu bīng

4-character word Traditional 鳴金收兵

What 鸣金收兵 means

1. to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat

The characters in 鸣金收兵

• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army