短兵相接 — Chinese idiom
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
Meaning
- lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another ; fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
- to fight at close quarters
Character by character
- 短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 接jiēto connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answe
Idioms sharing a character
- 一长一短 yī cháng yī duǎn
- 截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- 扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn
- 残年短景 cán nián duǎn jǐng
- 争长论短 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
- 短中抽长 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
- 短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
- 纸短情长 zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng
- 蜚短流长 fēi duǎn liú cháng
- 说长道短 shuō cháng dào duǎn
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