绿
yíng

technical
historical

Meaning of 绿营

绿营 means Green Standard Army; local Qing militia. Pronounced lǜ yíng.

  • Green Standard Army; local Qing militia

Definitions & Examples

Qīng
dài
绿
yíng
de
zhǔ
yào
zhí
shì
wéi
fāng
zhì
ān
 

The main duty of the Green Standard Army in the Qing dynasty was to maintain local order.

绿
yíng
shì
bīng
de
zhuāng
bèi
xùn
liàn
tōng
cháng
jīng
ruì
 

The equipment and training of Green Standard soldiers were usually inferior to that of the elite Eight Banners.

Zhè
wèi
shǐ
xué
jiā
zhuān
mén
yán
jiū
Qīng
dài
绿
yíng
de
zhì
yǎn
biàn
 

This historian specializes in studying the institutional evolution of the Qing dynasty's Green Standard Army.

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