ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

to rattle the saber

  • created reference approved 拿刀动杖/拿刀動杖 → 拿刀弄杖 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拿刀动杖 / 拿刀動杖 ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

    拿刀弄杖 ná​dāo​nòng​zhàng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 拿刀动杖/拿刀動杖 → 拏刀动杖/拏刀動杖 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拿刀动杖 / 拿刀動杖 ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

    拏刀动杖 / 拏刀動杖 ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

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

    拿刀动杖 / 拿刀動杖

    ná​dāo​dòng​zhàng

    to rattle the saber

    (idiom) to prepare for a fight; to resort to weapons; to threaten with violence

    拿 (literal) → 拿 · ná · to take 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to move 杖 (literal) → 杖 · zhàng · stick-like object

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

    created sense