What exactly does 阅兵 mean/translate as? The word 阅兵 has been used a lot the last couple of days, for obvious reasons, mostly for one specific activity. Dictionaries define as follows:

CC-CEDICT


  to review troops


KEY


  ◊ review troops 


zdic


  [military review;review troops] 即检阅车马兵员装备等


but these don't really fit...

BBC Asia


  


calls it a


  parade


and a 


  war show



What exactly does 阅兵 mean/translate as?


[we're talking about the "parade"/"show" here]
Generally I think BBC is a good place to learn English. As "阅兵" is a pretty big event recently, you can see it on news in most English speaking countries. So, just take a look of a news title from BBC: China military parade commemorates WW2 victory over Japan.

"Military parade" looks good to me. However, if you are one of the officials, then you are in a different position. You would call it "review troops". But for outsiders like us, it's an event, a "military parade".