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Jyutping gin3 gwan1
Pinyin jiàn jūn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to found (建立) an army
  2. verb
    to build up (建設) the army
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    收编土匪武装是建军初期迅速壮大红军的重要手段。
    收編土匪武裝是建軍初期迅速壯大紅軍的重要手段。
    shōu biān tǔ fěi wǔ zhuāng shì jiàn jūn chū qī xùn sù zhuàng dà hóng jūn de zhòng yào shǒu duàn .
    • Incorporating militia of bandits was an important way of rapidly expanding the Red Army in the early days after its establishment.