The Chinese word 大兵 (dàbīng) is a compound noun formed through the common morphological process of modifier-head construction, where the first character 大 (meaning "big", "great", or "general") acts as a modifier describing the second character 兵 (meaning "soldier" or "troops"). Together, they create a term that literally translates to "big soldier" but semantically functions as a single lexical unit meaning common soldier or grunt, typically referring to rank-and-file military personnel in a collective, general, or sometimes colloquial sense.