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Definition(s) for: 短兵相接

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē - lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
- to fight at close quarters

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 39,875 48,044 70,643

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duǎn- short
- brief
- to lack
- weak point
- fault
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
jiē- to receive
- to answer (the phone)
- to meet or welcome sb
- to connect
- to catch
- to join
- to extend
- to take one's turn on duty
- to take over for sb

Other Words Containing 短兵相接

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
短兵相接 - - 39,875 48,044 70,643