唇槍舌戰
chún​qiāng​shé​zhàn

verbal battle

  • created sense approved 唇枪舌战/唇槍舌戰 · chún​qiāng​shé​zhàn · verbal battle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    唇枪舌战 / 唇槍舌戰

    chún​qiāng​shé​zhàn

    verbal battle

    to engage in a heated dispute or verbal exchange; literally "guns for lips and swords for tongues"

    唇 (literal) → 唇 · chún · lip 枪 (literal) → 枪/槍 · qiāng · gun 舌战 (literal) → 舌战/舌戰 · shé​zhàn · war of words

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

    created sense