兵微將寡

See also: 兵微将寡

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use	few; widowed
trad. (兵微將寡)		兵	微	將	寡
simp. (兵微将寡)		兵	微	将	寡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngwēijiàngguǎ, bīngwéijiàngguǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ, ㄅㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngwēijiàngguǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingweijiàngguǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-wei¹-chiang⁴-kua³
    • Yale: bīng-wēi-jyàng-gwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingueijianqgoa
    • Palladius: бинвэйцзянгуа (binvɛjczjangua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngwéijiàngguǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingwéijiàngguǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-wei²-chiang⁴-kua³
    • Yale: bīng-wéi-jyàng-gwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingweijianqgoa
    • Palladius: бинвэйцзянгуа (binvɛjczjangua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

兵微將寡

1. lack soldiers and leaders, to have a small number of troops and generals