買犁賣劍
mǎi​lí​mài​jiàn

to buy plows and sell swords

  • created sense approved 买犁卖剑/買犁賣劍 · mǎi​lí​mài​jiàn · to buy plows and sell swords — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    买犁卖剑 / 買犁賣劍

    mǎi​lí​mài​jiàn

    to buy plows and sell swords

    to abandon military pursuits for farming; to turn from war to peace by trading weapons for agricultural equipment

    买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 犁 (literal) → 犁 · lí · plow (tool) 卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 剑 (literal) → 剑/劍 · jiàn · sword

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

    created sense