相接 xiāngjiē to join Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 短兵相接 duǎnbīngxiāngjiē to fight at close quarters (idiom) to engage in hand-to-hand combat using short weapons like knives or swords; used to describe a fierce face-to-face struggle首尾相接 shǒuwěixiāngjiē to join head to tail to join end to end; bumper-to-bumper (as in a traffic jam)