調兵遣將

to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task

Characters and words in 調兵遣將

to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

Add a new mnemonic for 调 = 周 + 讠

Add a new mnemonic for 調 = 言 + 周

调

調

tiáo = ti + ao2

to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

Add a new mnemonic for 调 = 周 + 讠

Add a new mnemonic for 調 = 言 + 周

调 = 周 + 讠 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to calm down and reconcile (调) all the people in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To this end she climbs on an advertising column (讠) and dances with a hula hoop (周).

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兵

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

Add a new mnemonic for 兵 = 丘 + 八

兵 = 丘 + 八 : Brunhilde (bi) and the soldier (兵) visit a burial mound (丘) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). It is round like a ball like the deceased inside. To commemorate the round fallen soldier they put down eight-balls (八).

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遣

qiǎn = qi + an3

(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

Add a new mnemonic for 遣 = 虫 + 追

遣 = 虫 + 追 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to get a coat made out of mosquitoes, so she dispatches (遣) the bounty hunter (追) to go hunt mosquitoes (虫) for her in the anthill (an3).

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遣 = 虫 + 追 : Mnemonic symbol: a dispatch (ger. "Depesche", the old fashioned letter).

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将

將

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

Add a new mnemonic for 将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸

Add a new mnemonic for 將 = 爿 + 月 + 寸

将

將

jiàng = ji + ang4

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

Add a new mnemonic for 将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸

Add a new mnemonic for 將 = 爿 + 月 + 寸

将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸 : The chess king (将) is commanding (将) his bats (夕) to attack Joan of Arc (ji) with sawdust (丬) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) to punish her for her sins. He gives the command by showing the thumbs up (寸) sign.

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