便べん衣い隊たい

noun

plain-clothes soldiers; mufti corps

Historical term referring to Chinese soldiers in civilian clothes during the Second Sino-Japanese War; also used for similar plain-clothes military units.

• 日にっ中ちゅう戦せん争そう中ちゅう、便べん衣い隊たいがゲリラ戦せんを展てん開かいした。

  During the Second Sino-Japanese War, plain-clothes soldiers carried out guerrilla warfare.