Chinese Character Wiki

劍拔弩張

jiàn​bá​nǔ​zhāng

at daggers drawn

Definitions

剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張) 

jiàn​bá​nǔ​zhāng

lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.2563% of movies

28177th most common word in movies

32876th most common word in books

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