单枪匹马 — Chinese idiom
单枪匹马
dān qiāng pǐ mǎ
Traditional: 單槍匹馬
Meaning
- single-handed; on one's own
Character by character
- 单dānsingle, individual, only; lone
- 枪qiānggun, rife; lance, spear
- 匹pǐbolt of cloth; mate, one of a pair; measure word f
- 马mǎhorse; surname
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
- 单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 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
- 刀枪不入 dāo qiāng bù rù
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