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剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
What 剑拔弩张 means
- lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
- at daggers drawn
The characters in 剑拔弩张
- 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
- 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
- 弩nǔcrossbow
- 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
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