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短兵相接

duǎn bīng xiāng jiē

4-character word

What 短兵相接 means

1. lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
2. to fight at close quarters

The characters in 短兵相接

• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb

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