富国强兵

fù guó qiáng bīng

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. 2. Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

Child Words of 富国强兵

兵
bīng

a force

国
guó

country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])

富
fù

rich

强
jiàng

stubborn

强
qiáng

strong

强
qiǎng

to force

富国
fù guó

rich country

强兵
qiáng bīng

make the military powerful (political slogan)