案甲休兵 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to put down weapon and let soldiers rest ; to relax from fighting

Character by character

• 案ànfile, legal case; bench, table
• 甲jiǎarmor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
• 休xiūto rest; to stop; to retire
• 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike

Idioms sharing a character

• 堆案盈几 duī àn yíng jī
• 拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué
• 拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ
• 拍案惊奇 pāi àn jīng qí
• 案兵束甲 àn bīng shù jiǎ
• 举案齐眉 jǔ àn qí méi
• 丢盔弃甲 diū kuī qì jiǎ
• 富甲一方 fù jiǎ yī fāng
• 枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
• 花甲之年 huā jiǎ zhī nián

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