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Definition(s) for: 富国强兵

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
富国强兵 fù guó qiáng bīng - lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
- Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 85,661 116,178

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Fu
- rich
- abundant
- wealthy
guó- surname Guo
guó- country; nation; state
- (bound form) national
qiáng- surname Qiang
jiàng- stubborn
- unyielding
qiáng- strong
- powerful
- better
- slightly more than
- vigorous
- violent
- best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
qiǎng- to force
- to compel
- to strive
- to make an effort
jiàng- variant of 強|强[jiang4]
qiáng- variant of 強|强[qiang2]
qiǎng- variant of 強|强[qiang3]
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 富国强兵

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo