大动干戈
dà​dòng​gān​gē

to go to war

  • created sense approved 大动干戈/大動干戈 · dà​dòng​gān​gē · to go to war — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大动干戈 / 大動干戈

    dà​dòng​gān​gē

    to go to war

    To go to war or get into a physical fight; literally to move ancient weapons such as shields and polearms

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · greatly 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to move 干 (literal) → 干 · gān · shield 戈 (literal) → 戈 · gē · dagger-axe

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 大动干戈/大動干戈 · dà​dòng​gān​gē · to make a big fuss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大动干戈 / 大動干戈

    dà​dòng​gān​gē

    to make a big fuss

    To make a big fuss over something; to carry out a task with great fanfare or waste a lot of effort on a minor problem

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · greatly 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act 干 (literal) → 干 · gān · shield 戈 (literal) → 戈 · gē · dagger-axe

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

    created sense