raise or enlarge an army(zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ)

raise or enlarge an army

Recruitment, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ā ob ī NGM ǎ im ǎ, which means organizing or expanding the armed forces in the old times. The latter refers to organizing or expanding manpower. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

The 28th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "so he set up an army to stay in Runan, recruited troops and bought horses, and Xu Tu marched in."

Idiom usage

In Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, the first five out: he was limited to recruit troops and horses within three years, harassing Huaiyang and taking a camera. Lin Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 31 of "the surprise of making a case at the first moment": opening a storehouse, invigorating the economy, recruiting troops and buying horses, and promoting the rewards of accompanying officers and soldiers. Chapter 100: This is a big deal! If you don't do it, you'll never stop. Now you have to get elder brother Wei to open the warehouse, recruit and release the prisoners. In the second chapter of the romance of the Qing Dynasty by Cai Dongfan: "after the official was sent, he stayed for a few months without sound. Nurhachi was eager for revenge. In the town, he recruited soldiers and horses, overhauled weapons, divided the four banners into yellow, red, blue and white, and formed a team. The banners changed color and the barriers became new." We are short of manpower and need to recruit.

Idiom story

During the Five Dynasties, Liu Zhiyuan was exiled to Peixian County of Xuzhou because of his parents' death and married Miss Li Yuanwai's third daughter. Because his family was poor and was bullied by his brother-in-law Li Hong, the matchmaker Li Sanju told Liu Zhiyuan that Yue Jiedushi of Bingzhou in Taiyuan was recruiting troops and horses, so he could apply for a job and have a bright future. Liu Zhiyuan went to apply for the job, from a watchman to a pacifier in Kyushu

Chinese PinYin : zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ