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剑拔弩张
jiàn​bá​nǔ​zhāng

at daggers drawn

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 剑 劍 jiàn noun
    sword
    traditional double-edged sword with a central ridge and a short handle
  2. 拔 bá verb
    to pull up
    to pull up; to pull or draw out; to extract
  3. 弩 nǔ
    crossbow
    an ancient bow that uses a mechanical trigger to fire arrows
  4. 张 張 zhāng
    to string a bow
    To fix or pull a bowstring tight
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