剑拔弩张 jiànbánǔzhāng at daggers drawn Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 剑拔弩张 劍拔弩張 jiànbánǔzhāng at daggers drawn Literally "with swords drawn and bows bent"; used to describe a tense situation where conflict seems ready to break out at any moment. bold and vigorous Used to describe calligraphy that is powerful, sharp, and full of energy. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.816 per million Cross-References Variant of 弩张剑拔 nǔzhāngjiànbáAntonym 销兵洗甲 xiāobīngxǐjiǎSynonym 一触即发 yīchùjífā Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
剑拔弩张 劍拔弩張 jiànbánǔzhāng at daggers drawn Literally "with swords drawn and bows bent"; used to describe a tense situation where conflict seems ready to break out at any moment. bold and vigorous Used to describe calligraphy that is powerful, sharp, and full of energy. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.816 per million Cross-References Variant of 弩张剑拔 nǔzhāngjiànbáAntonym 销兵洗甲 xiāobīngxǐjiǎSynonym 一触即发 yīchùjífā Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
