entries → 當兵
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
當兵 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
當兵 ＝ 當 ＋ 兵
ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ · dāngbīng
verb — to serve as a soldier; to do military service

字源 FORM — what the parts do

當to act as, to serve as (當作)dāng
兵a soldier (士兵)bīng
當兵，當作的當，士兵的兵。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

去做（當）一個兵（兵）。
To take up (當) the part of a soldier (兵).
關 · Related
士兵shìbīnga soldier, same 兵服役fúyìto do military service, the formal word