兵不血刃
bīng​bù​xuè​rèn

an effortless victory

  • created reference approved 兵不血刃 → 兵无血刃/兵無血刃 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵不血刃 bīng​bù​xuè​rèn

    兵无血刃 / 兵無血刃 bīng​wú​xuè​rèn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兵不血刃 · bīng​bù​xuè​rèn · an effortless victory — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵不血刃

    bīng​bù​xuè​rèn

    an effortless victory

    no blood on the blades; used to describe winning a war or battle without any actual fighting or bloodshed

    bīng​bù​xiě​rèn

    兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · weapons 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 血 (literal) → 血 · xuè · to stain with blood 刃 (literal) → 刃 · rèn · blade edge

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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