Every inch of the army is iron(cùn bīng chǐ tiě)

Every inch of the army is iron

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ù Nb ī ngch ǐ Ti ě, which means a metaphor for small force. From strategy five.

The origin of Idioms

Song Sushi's strategy 5: "there is no need to be an inch of soldiers, but the world will hold its breath and dare not fight."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used in war, etc. example in this campaign, we won a large-scale victory only by using every inch of our troops.

Chinese PinYin : cùn bīng chǐ tiě