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to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains

招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
zh+āo·1st tonex+iáng·2nd tonen+à·4th tonep+àn·4th tone
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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(idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes结党营私jié dǎng yíng sīto band together; to form a group结伙jié huǒ
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