招兵买马 in English zhao1 bing1 mai3 ma3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiomatic expression); to raise a large army
  • metaphorically to expand business
  • to recruit new staff

Simplified Characters

招 兵 买 马

Traditional Characters

招 兵 買 馬

Pinyin

zhao1 bing1 mai3 ma3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

招zhao1to recruit 兵bing1soldiers 买mai3to buy 马ma3surname Ma