招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

to recruit new staff; fig. to expand business

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 38815th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
to beckon; to recruit; trick
soldiers; military; weapons
to buy; to purchase
horse; surname Ma