to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
trad. 杯酒釋兵權
Also written 杯酒釋兵權【bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán】
Characters in this word
5杯
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cup, trophy cup, classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3116 of 2500
酒
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wine (esp. rice wine), liquor, spirits, alcoholic beverage, CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 931 of 2500
释
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to explain, to release, Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]), Buddhism
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 釋
- Strokes
- 12
兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500
权
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surname Quan
- Pinyin
- Quán
- Traditional
- 權
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7756 of 2500