拿刀弄杖
ná​dāo​nòng​zhàng

to rattle the saber

  • created sense approved 拿刀弄杖 · ná​dāo​nòng​zhàng · to rattle the saber — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拿刀弄杖

    ná​dāo​nòng​zhàng

    to rattle the saber

    to flourish weapons as a show of force or threat; to engage in military posturing

    拿 (literal) → 拿 · ná · to take 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 弄 (literal) → 弄 · nòng · to play with 杖 (bound) → 杖 · zhàng · stick-like object

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

    created sense