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stragglers and disbanded soldiers; stray soldiers after defeat; disorganized individuals who act independent of a collective activity

sǎn bīng yóu yǒng

散 兵 游 勇

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derogstragglers and disbanded soldiers; stray soldiers after defeat; disorganized individuals who act independent of a collective activity
- zhè xiē sǎn bīng yóu yǒng xiàng zhèng fǔ tóu xiáng le
  这些散兵游勇向政府投降了。
  Those stragglers and disbanded soldiers surrendered to the government.
- wǒ men zuì chū zhǐ shì yī zhī yóu rén zǔ chéng de sǎn bīng yóu yǒng de duì wǔ
  我们最初只是一支由20人组成的散兵游勇的队伍。
  We started out with a little rag-tag team of 20 people.
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wū hé zhī zhòng乌合之众

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