單兵獨馬

單兵獨馬

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	horse; surname
trad. (單兵獨馬)		單	兵	獨	馬
simp. (单兵独马)		单	兵	独	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānbīngdúmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānbīngdúmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danbingdúmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-ping¹-tu²-ma³
    • Yale: dān-bīng-dú-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danbingdwumaa
    • Palladius: даньбиндума (danʹbinduma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

單兵獨馬

1. single-handed; unassisted

   • 一個要招收廣大的人馬，好把敵人包圍而消滅之。一個則依靠單兵獨馬，去同強大的敵人打硬仗。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个要招收广大的人马，好把敌人包围而消灭之。一个则依靠单兵独马，去同强大的敌人打硬仗。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīgè yào zhāoshōu guǎngdà de rénmǎ, hǎo bǎ dírén bāowéi ér xiāomiè zhī. Yīgè zé yīkào dānbīngdúmǎ, qù tóng qiángdà de dírén dǎ yìngzhàng. [Pinyin]

     The former requires the recruiting of large forces for the purpose of surrounding and annihilating the enemy. The latter means fighting single-handed in desperate combat against a formidable enemy.

Synonyms

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一力 (yīlì) 自力 (zìlì) 匹馬單槍／匹马单枪 (pǐmǎdānqiāng) 單人獨馬／单人独马 (dānréndúmǎ)

單槍匹馬／单枪匹马 (dānqiāngpǐmǎ) 獨力／独力 (dúlì) 隻手／只手 (zhīshǒu)