to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
trad. 鳴金收兵
Also written 鳴金收兵【míng jīn shōu bīng】
Characters in this word
4鸣
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to cry (of birds, animals and insects), to make a sound, to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- Pinyin
- míng
- Traditional
- 鳴
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 25342 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500
收
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to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop, in care of (used on address line after name)
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2048 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