窮兵黷武

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	blacken; constantly; to insult	martial; military
trad. (窮兵黷武)		窮	兵	黷	武
simp. (穷兵黩武)		穷	兵	黩	武

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngbīngdúwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ bing¹ duk⁶ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngbīngdúwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngbingdúwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-ping¹-tu²-wu³
    • Yale: chyúng-bīng-dú-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongbingdwuwuu
    • Palladius: цюнбиндуу (cjunbinduu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ bing¹ duk⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: kùhng bīng duhk móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ bing¹ duk⁹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ bing¹ dug⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚² mou̯¹³/

Idiom

窮兵黷武

1. to start wars and use military might rashly and excessively