大兵 (dà bīng) — large army; imperial troops; soldiers; foot sol…

Definition

noun

large armyimperial troopssoldiersfoot soldiers

Measure word · 个

大兵。
Gǔ dài dì wáng cháng shuài lǐng dà bīng chū zhēng.
Ancient emperors often led large armies on campaigns.
大兵，。
Zhè zhī dà bīng jì lǜ yán míng, suǒ xiàng pī mǐ.
This imperial troop had strict discipline and was invincible.
大兵。
Xiǎo shuō zhōng miáo xiě le dà bīng zài zhàn chǎng shàng de yīng yǒng.
The novel depicts the bravery of soldiers on the battlefield.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大 adds the idea of large, and 兵 means soldier, together referring to soldiers or a large army.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

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