兵
bīng
soldiers
a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
Mound (丘) + divided/two hands (八) = soldiers armed for battle
A mound or hill (丘) split by two hands (八) evokes soldiers dividing up terrain — or more concretely, hands raising weapons over a hilltop stronghold. The image collapses geography and combat into one glyph.
这些兵已经训练了很长时间。
zhè xiē bīng yǐ jīng xùn liàn le hěn cháng shí jiān。
These soldiers have already trained for a very long time.
古代打仗时，兵和将军都要勇敢。
gǔ dài dǎ zhàng shí，bīng hé jiāng jūn dōu yào yǒng gǎn。
In ancient times during war, both soldiers and generals had to be brave.
Words with 兵
兵站
bīng zhàn
army service station
水兵
shuǐ bīng
enlisted sailor in navy
排头兵
pái tóu bīng
lit. frontline troops
新疆生产建设兵团
xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
步兵
bù bīng
infantry
休兵
xiū bīng
to cease fire
兵卒
bīng zú
soldiers
穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
兵团
bīng tuán
large military unit
佣兵
yōng bīng
(military) mercenary
兵戎相见
bīng róng xiāng jiàn
to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture