富国强兵

fù guó qiáng bīng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 富国强兵

• 兵 兵 bīng: a force
• 国 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
• 富 富 fù: rich
• 强 强 jiàng: stubborn
• 强 强 qiáng: strong
• 强 强 qiǎng: to force
• 富国 富国 fù guó: rich country
• 强兵 强兵 qiáng bīng: make the military powerful (political slogan)