单刀赴会 — Chinese idiom
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
Traditional: 單刀赴會
Meaning
- lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword
- fig. to go alone into enemy lines
Character by character
- 单dānsingle, individual, only; lone
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 赴fùto attend, to go to, to be present
- 会huìto assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
Idioms sharing a character
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 单人匹马 dān rén pǐ mǎ
- 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng
- 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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