调兵遣将

diào bīng qiǎn jiàng

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1. to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
2. to send a team on a task

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Child Words of 调兵遣将

• 兵 兵 bīng: a force
• 将 将 jiāng: will
• 将 将 jiàng: (bound form) a general
• 将 将 qiāng: to desire
• 调 调 diào: to transfer
• 调 调 tiáo: to harmonize
• 遣 遣 qiǎn: (bound form) to dispatch; to send