杯酒释兵权 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 杯酒釋兵權 bēijiǔshìbīngquán ㄅㄟ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces Character by character 杯(bēi)cup 酒(jiǔ)wine 释(shì)explain 兵(bīng)soldiers 权(quán)surname Quan A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0