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Home / Idiom / 招兵买马

lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) · fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff

招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
zh+āo·1st toneb+īng·1st tonem+ǎi·3rd tonem+ǎ·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains招降纳叛zhāo xiáng nà pànto conscript征募zhēng mùto recruit soldiers招兵zhāo bīngto move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army · to send a team on a task调兵遣将diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
Antonyms
to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)顾盼自雄gù pàn zì xióng
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