戎马生涯

róng mǎ shēng yá

army life (idiom)

the experience of war

戎

róng

generic term for weapons (old)

马

mǎ

abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

生

shēng

to be born

涯

yá

border