- to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
- to send a team on a task
Characters
- 调 (調): to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- 兵 (兵): soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 遣 (遣): (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- 将 (將): will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
Resources
- Wiktionary: 调兵遣将
- MDBG: 调兵遣将
- Examples with 调兵遣将 on Tatoeba
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