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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 杯酒釋兵權 [ㄅㄟ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ; bei1 jiu3 shi4 bing1 quan2]
 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
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