穷兵黩武
Traditional form:
窮兵黷武
Pinyin (reading):
qióngbīngdúwǔ
Definitions:
- to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
- militaristic
- bellicose
Characters:
- 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
- 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 黩 - to dishonor, to defile, to corrupt; soiled
- 武 - military; martial, warlike
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