拏刀動杖
ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

to rattle the saber

  • created sense approved 拏刀动杖/拏刀動杖 · ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng · to rattle the saber — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拏刀动杖 / 拏刀動杖

    ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

    to rattle the saber

    (literary variant) to brandish weapons; to resort to violence or threats of force

    拏 (literal) → 拏 · ná · to hold 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act 杖 (literal) → 杖 · zhàng · stick-like object

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

    created sense