興師動眾

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Chinese

to send an army; to dispatch troops
trad. (興師動眾/興師動衆) 興師 動眾/動衆
simp. (兴师动众) 兴师 动众

Etymology

From Wuzi:

發號布令興師動眾交兵接刃人主
发号布令兴师动众交兵接刃人主
From: Wuzi], 5th – 4th century BCE
Fú fāhào bùlìng ér rén lè wén; xìngshī dòngzhòng, ér rén lè zhàn, jiāobīng jiērèn ér rén lè sǐ. Cǐ sān zhě, rénzhǔ zhī suǒ shì yě.
To issue orders and commands which the troops delightedly obey, to raise the army and mobilize the people in such a way that men are disposed to fight, and when they cross swords, ready to face death, are the three matters in which the ruler of the people can place trust.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 2/2
Initial () (32) (21) (7) (23)
Final () (133) (17) (1) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III I III
Fanqie
Baxter xing srij duwngX tsyuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨŋ/ /ʃˠiɪ/ /duŋX/ /t͡ɕɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨŋ/ /ʃᵚi/ /duŋX/ /t͡ɕiuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xieŋ/ /ʃiɪ/ /duŋX/ /t͡ɕiuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hiŋ/ /ʂji/ /dəwŋX/ /cuwŋH/
Li
Rong
/xiəŋ/ /ʃji/ /duŋX/ /t͡ɕiuŋH/
Wang
Li
/xĭəŋ/ /ʃi/ /duŋX/ /t͡ɕĭuŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xi̯əŋ/ /ʂi/ /dʱuŋX/ /t͡ɕi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīng shī dòng zhòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hing1 si1 dung6 zung3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīng shī dòng zhòng
Middle
Chinese
‹ xing › ‹ srij › ‹ duwngX › ‹ tsyuwngH ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰ(r)əŋ/ /*srij/ /*tˁoŋʔ/ /*tuŋ-s/
English lift, rise army move numerous

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 2/2
No. 13858 11433 17449 17491
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰɯŋ/ /*sri/ /*doːŋʔ/ /*tjuŋs/
Notes

Idiom

興師動眾

  1. to mobilize a large number of people

Synonyms