戎马倥偬

戎馬倥傯
róngmǎ-kǒngzǒng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 busy with military campaigns
  2. 2 leading a soldier's hurried life

Examples

HSK 5
Jíshǐ zài róngmǎ-kǒngzǒng zhīzhōng, tā yě jiānchí měitiān dúshū xiě shī.
Even in the rush of constant campaigning, he kept up reading and writing poems every day.
HSK 7-9
Jiāngjūn róngmǎ-kǒngzǒng jǐshí nián, wǎnnián cái huídào jiāxiāng.
The general spent decades busy with military campaigns and only went home in old age.

Tips

usage
Formal and literary, a stock phrase in biographies of generals and revolutionaries. 戎马 "war horse" stands for war and the army; 倥偬 means pressed by urgent business, with a third-tone kǒng.

Stroke Order

戎 róng
马 mǎ
倥 kōng
偬 zǒng