Be both civil and martial(bǐng wén jiān wǔ)

Be both civil and martial

It is a Chinese idiom to be both civil and martial. Its pronunciation is B ǐ NGW é NJI ā NW ǔ, which means that one can be both civil and martial.

source

Niu Su of Tang Dynasty wrote in Ji Wen Wu Bao'an: "General Li, who is both civil and military, was ordered to make a special levy."

usage

As a predicate, an object, or an attribute; of a person's ability

Chinese PinYin : bǐng wén jiān wǔ