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兵革

Word · Noun

weapons and armor; warfare

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

weapons and armor; military equipment

literary

Original, literal meaning referring to the tools of war.

Guó国
kù库
kōng空
xū虚
 ，
bīng兵
gé革
bù不
xiū修
 。

The national treasury is empty, and the weapons and armor are neglected.

2.

noun

war; warfare; armed conflict

literary

Metaphorical extension, using the instruments of war to represent war itself.

Lián连
nián年
bīng兵
gé革
 ，
bǎi百
xìng姓
kǔ苦
bù不
kān堪
yán言
 。

Years of continuous warfare have made the common people suffer unspeakably.

Bīng兵
gé革
wèi未
xī息
 ，
guó国
wú无
níng宁
rì日
 。

As the war has not ceased, the country knows no peace.

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Shī诗
rén人
bǐ笔
xià下
 ，
mǎn满
shì是
bīng兵
gé革
dài带
lái来
de的
huāng荒
liáng凉
 。

In the poet's writing, there is nothing but the desolation brought by war.