exhaust all resources to build up one 's military power
Warlike, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w á Nb ī NGD ú w ǔ, which means the reckless use of force. It comes from Sima Guang's "five rules in advance · Baoye" in Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In Sima Guang's "entering five rules · protecting industry", it is said that "the arrogant play militarism, the poor and the Thai are extremely extravagant."
Analysis of Idioms
Military aggression
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
Chinese PinYin : wán bīng dú wǔ
exhaust all resources to build up one 's military power
act as a go-between in marriage. yuè xià lǎo ér
See not take, think of thousands of miles. jiàn zhī bù qǔ,sī zhī qiān lǐ
find amusement when the occasion arises. féng chǎng zuò xì
extort excessive taxes and levies. hèng zhēng kē liǎn