背水陣

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	water; river	disposition of troops; short period; wave disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell
trad. (背水陣)		背	水	陣
simp. (背水阵)		背	水	阵

Etymology

From the Records of the Grand Historian. Originally 背水陳, literally "arrange the battle array with soldiers' back to the river". 陳／陈 (chén) is an ancient variant of 陣／阵 (zhèn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèishuǐzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèishuǐzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèishuěijhèn
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-shui³-chên⁴
    • Yale: bèi-shwěi-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyshoeijenn
    • Palladius: бэйшуйчжэнь (bɛjšujčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/

Noun

背水陣

1. (military) back-facing-water formation

Descendants

• → Japanese: 背水の陣 (haisui no jin) (calque)

See also

• 背水一戰／背水一战 (bèishuǐ-yīzhàn)