| 杯酒释兵权 |
bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán |
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces |
| 杯 |
bēi |
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 杯 |
bēi |
variant of 杯 |
| 杯 |
bēi |
variant of 杯 / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 酒 |
jiǔ |
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸 |
| 释 |
shì |
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼) / Buddhism |
| 兵 |
bīng |
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:个 |
| 兵权 |
bīng quán |
military leadership / military power |
| 权 |
Quán |
surname Quan |
| 权 |
quán |
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary |