千军易得，一将难求 in English qian1 jun1 yi4 de2 , yi1 jiang4 nan2 qiu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

千 军 易 得 ， 一 将 难 求

Traditional Characters

千 軍 易 得 ， 一 將 難 求

Pinyin

qian1 jun1 yi4 de2 , yi1 jiang4 nan2 qiu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

千qian1thousand 军jun1(bound form) army 易yi4surname Yi 得de2to obtain ， 一yi1one 将jiang1will 难nan2difficult (to...) 求qiu2to seek