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手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě
What 手无寸铁 means
- lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
The characters in 手无寸铁
- 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 无wúnot to have; no; none
- 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
- 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
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