千軍易得,一將難求 qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

千 qiān thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops
易 yì change; easy
得 dé obtain, get, gain, acquire
一 yī one; a, an; alone
將 jiàng will, going to, future; general
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
求 qiú seek; demand, request; beseech