杀回马枪
shā​huí​mǎ​qiāng

to wheel around and attack

  • created sense approved 杀回马枪/殺回馬槍 · shā​huí​mǎ​qiāng · to wheel around and attack — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀回马枪 / 殺回馬槍

    shā​huí​mǎ​qiāng

    to wheel around and attack

    To wheel around and launch a surprise counterattack against one's pursuers; to return suddenly to a place one has just left to catch someone off guard.

    杀, 回马枪

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to fight 回马枪 (literal) → 回马枪/回馬槍 · huí​mǎ​qiāng · sudden counter-attack

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

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