to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
trad. 窮兵黷武
Also written 窮兵黷武【qióng bīng dú wǔ】
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4穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
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
黩
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blacken, constantly, to insult
- Pinyin
- dú
- Traditional
- 黷
- Strokes
- 20
武
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surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 23564 of 2500