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当兵
Simplified
当兵
Traditional
當兵
Pinyin
dāng bīng
Definition
to serve in the army; to be a soldier
他去年去当兵了
Tā qùnián qù dāng bīng le
He went to serve in the army last year
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当
兵
当
⺌
+
彐
⺌
Part
character part
彐
Part
jì
snout
Appears in characters like:
当
光
当
当
尚
肖
兵
丘
+
八
丘
Part
qiū
hill
八
Part
bā
eight
Appears in characters like:
兵
乓
岳
岳
乒
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soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
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shì bīng
soldier
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老兵
lǎo bīng
old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
骑兵
qí bīng
cavalry
大兵
dà bīng
soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war
新兵
xīn bīng
new (army) recruit
卫兵
wèi bīng
guard; bodyguard
步兵
bù bīng
infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier
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