千军易得，一将难求 qiān jūn yì dé ， yī jiàng nán qiú

many soldiers but few good leaders

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
军 jūn HSK 5
military; army; arms
易 yì HSK 3
easy; to change; to exchange
得 dé HSK 2
link verb to result or degree; to get; must
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
将 jiàng HSK 4
will; shall
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
求 qiú HSK 3
to seek; to look for; to request