手无寸铁
shǒu​wú​cùn​tiě

unarmed

  • created sense approved 手无寸铁/手無寸鐵 · shǒu​wú​cùn​tiě · unarmed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手无寸铁 / 手無寸鐵

    shǒu​wú​cùn​tiě

    unarmed

    (idiom) literally "not an inch of steel in one's hand"; unarmed and defenseless

    手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 寸铁 (literal) → 寸铁/寸鐵 · cùn​tiě · small weapon

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

    created sense