富國強兵

Chinese

		rich country; to make one's country rich	powerful army; to increase the military force; to build up military power
trad. (富國強兵)		富國	強兵
simp. (富国强兵)		富国	强兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùguóqiángbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ gwok³ koeng⁴ bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùguóqiángbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùguóciángbing
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-kuo²-chʻiang²-ping¹
    • Yale: fù-gwó-chyáng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhgwochyangbing
    • Palladius: фугоцянбин (fugocjanbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³ gwok³ koeng⁴ bing¹
    • Yale: fu gwok kèuhng bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ gwok⁸ koeng⁴ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³ guog³ kêng⁴ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ kʷɔːk̚³ kʰœːŋ²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

富國強兵

1. to make the country rich and the military powerful

   • 故治國者，其摶力也，以富國強兵也；其殺力也，以事敵勸農也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故治国者，其抟力也，以富国强兵也；其杀力也，以事敌劝农也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version

     Gù zhìguó zhě, qí tuánlì yě, yǐ fùguóqiángbīng yě; qí shālì yě, yǐ shì dí quàn nóng yě. [Pinyin]

     Therefore, for one who administers a country, the way to consolidate its strength, is to make the country rich and its soldiers strong; the way to reduce the people's force is to attack the enemy and to encourage the people.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (富國強兵):

• → Japanese: 富(ふ)国(こく)強(きょう)兵(へい) (fukoku kyōhei)
• → Korean: 부국강병(富國強兵) (bugukgangbyeong)