招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. fig. to expand business
  3. to recruit new staff

CHARACTERS

招 zhāo
HSK 4
beckon, summon; recruit, levy
兵 bīng
HSK 5
soldier, troops
买 mǎi
HSK 1
buy, purchase; bribe, persuade
马 mǎ
HSK 3
horse; surname; KangXi radical 187