work miracles in manoeuvring troops
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ò NGB ī NgR ú sh é n, which means to deploy troops like gods and men, describes being good at commanding battles. From the water margin.
The origin of Idioms
The 59th chapter of the complete story of the water margin written by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "the first gentleman, surnamed fan, famous, nicknamed devil king, can call the wind and the rain, and use war like a God."
"The romance of the Three Kingdoms. The first eight chapters:" the public with less to conquer the public, use of war as God, this wusheng also
"The fourth chapter of yuan and Ming Zaju's Secret Journey to Chencang" says: "after seeing the Marshal's skillful and resourceful use of war, how could he practice such tactics when he was young?"
The annotation of the annals of the Three Kingdoms quoted from the biography of Jiang Biao by Yu Pu of Jin Dynasty: "the general who fought against the enemy (Sun CE) was superior to the rest of the world in intelligence and used his troops like a God."
Idiom usage
It's formal, predicate and commendatory.
Examples
The 59th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: the prime minister's fighting in naked clothes against Ma Chao and Cao Cao's wiping the book? In the past few days, when the clouds and the new winds are together, it will be freezing.
Chapter 64 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty "Kong Ming plans to catch Zhang Ren, Yang Fu borrows troops to break Ma Chao": when Zhang Ren sees that Kong Ming's army is uneven, he immediately sneers and says, "people say that Zhuge Liang uses his army like a God, but it's not real!"
Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty and Cai Yuanfang in Qing Dynasty, the 75th chapter of the chronicles of the states in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "people say that Sun Wu is as good as a God in using war. From this point of view, zhener plays with his ears!"
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang had a brilliant plan.
Idiom story
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to stay in Jingzhou and led his troops to attack Yizhou. Zhuge Liang knew that Zhang Ren, the defending General of Yizhou, was brave and resourceful and could not underestimate the enemy. Zhang Ren saw Zhuge Liang coming with an army that was not in order. He thought that it was just a rumor that he used his army like a God, so he became Zhuge Liang's turtle in the jar.
Chinese PinYin : yòng bīng rú shén
work miracles in manoeuvring troops
Three baths and three quarrels. sān yù sān xìn
behead enemy generals and capture their flags. zhǎn jiàng qiān qí