荷枪实弹 — Chinese idiom
荷枪实弹
hè qiāng shí dàn
Traditional: 荷槍實彈
Meaning
- armed
- carrying a loaded firearm
Character by character
- 荷hèlotus, water lily; burden, responsibility; Holland
- 枪qiānggun, rife; lance, spear
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 弹dànbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
Idioms sharing a character
- 刀枪不入 dāo qiāng bù rù
- 刀枪剑戟 dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ
- 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn
- 单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ
- 真刀真枪 zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng
- 真枪实弹 zhēn qiāng shí dàn
- 临阵磨枪 lín zhèn mó qiāng
- 鸟枪换炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào
- 付诸实施 fù zhū shí shī
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
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