千军易得，一将难求

Traditional form:

千軍易得，一將難求

Pinyin (reading):

qiānjūnyìdé,yījiàngnánqiú

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for