{"path":"/entry/90727","title":"兴师动众 / 興師動眾 (xīng shī dòng zhòng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"兴师动众 / 興師動眾 (xīng shī dòng zhòng): to muster large forces. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":90727,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["兴师动众"],"TRADITIONAL":["興師動眾"]}},"phonetic":"xīng shī dòng zhòng","phoneticKey":"xing1 shi1 dong4 zhong4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to muster large forces","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to get a great number of people involved ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(in carrying out some task)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":31843,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["兴"],"TRADITIONAL":["興"]}},"phonetic":"xīng","primaryPhonetic":"xìng"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":15579,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["劳师动众"],"TRADITIONAL":["勞師動眾"]}},"phonetic":"láo shī dòng zhòng","gloss":{"simplified":"(idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Wuzi","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"夫发号布令而人乐闻；兴师动众，而人乐战，交兵接刃而人乐死。此三者，人主之所恃也。","traditional":"夫發號布令而人樂聞；興師動眾，而人樂戰，交兵接刃而人樂死。此三者，人主之所恃也。"},"phonetic":"Fú fāhào bùlìng ér rén lè wén; xìngshī dòngzhòng, ér rén lè zhàn, jiāobīng jiērèn ér rén lè sǐ. Cǐ sān zhě, rénzhǔ zhī suǒ shì yě.","english":"To issue orders and commands which the troops delightedly obey, to raise the army and mobilize the people in such a way that men are disposed to fight, and when they cross swords, ready to face death, are the three matters in which the ruler of the people can place trust.","ref":"Wuzi], 5ᵗʰ – 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}