奋袂而起
fèn​mèi'ér​qǐ

to get ready for action

  • created sense approved 奋袂而起/奮袂而起 · fèn​mèi'ér​qǐ · to get ready for action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    奋袂而起 / 奮袂而起

    fèn​mèi'ér​qǐ

    to get ready for action

    To shake back one's sleeves and rise up; describes a state of being spurred to action or advancing courageously.

    奋袂 (literal) → 奋袂/奮袂 · fèn​mèi · to swing one's sleeves vigorously 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise

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

    created sense