(Hán Xìn jiàng bīng,) duōduō-yìshàn.

(韓信將兵,) 多多益善。

Lit ([Just as with] Han Xin commanding troops,) the more [there are], the better.

Fig The more one has, the better.

Note [Han Xin was a general who helped Liu Bang in the early Han period; cf. Shǐ Jì: Huái Yīn Hóu Lièzhuàn; also quoted in Mao Zedong's Collected Works (Máo Zédōng Xuǎnjí), vol. 5, p. 116; the second half is often omitted when this is used as a xiehouyu.]

Topics duōduō-yìshàn Han dynasty Han Xin Huái Yīn Hóu Lièzhuàn Liu Bang Máo Zédōng Xuǎnjí MORE QUANTITY Shǐ Jì xiehouyu