剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
Pinyin

Definition

剑拔弩张
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jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. at daggers drawn

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海拔
hǎi bá
  1. 1 height above sea level
  2. 2 elevation
自拔
zì bá
  1. 1 to free oneself
  2. 2 to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
  1. 1 firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
把拔
bǎ bá
  1. 1 daddy
拔
bá
  1. 1 to pull up
  2. 2 to pull out
  3. 3 to draw out by suction
  4. 4 to select
  5. 5 to pick
  6. 6 to stand out (above level)
  7. 7 to surpass
  8. 8 to seize
拔尖
bá jiān
  1. 1 top-notch (colloquial)
  2. 2 to push oneself to the front
拔掉
bá diào
  1. 1 to pluck
  2. 2 to pull off
  3. 3 to pull out
  4. 4 to unplug
拔毛
bá máo
  1. 1 to pull out hair
  2. 2 to pluck
  3. 3 epilation
拔河
bá hé
  1. 1 tug-of-war
  2. 2 to take part in a tug-of-war
拔凉拔凉
bá liáng bá liáng
  1. 1 (dialect) very cold
  2. 2 chilled
拔火罐
bá huǒ guàn
  1. 1 suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气)
  2. 2 detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
拔牙
bá yá
  1. 1 to extract a tooth
拔丝
bá sī
  1. 1 wire drawing
  2. 2 candied floss (cooking)
  3. 3 spun sugar or toffee (coating)
拔罐
bá guàn
  1. 1 cupping glass
  2. 2 fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
  3. 3 ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
拔腿
bá tuǐ
  1. 1 to break into a run
拔除
bá chú
  1. 1 to pull out
  2. 2 to remove
拔高
bá gāo
  1. 1 to raise (one's voice)
  2. 2 to overrate
  3. 3 to build up
  4. 4 to stand out
  5. 5 outstanding
挺拔
tǐng bá
  1. 1 tall and straight
提拔
tí bá
  1. 1 to promote to a higher job
  2. 2 to select for promotion

Idioms (10)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. 2 at daggers drawn
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
  1. 1 firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
强弩之末
qiáng nǔ zhī mò
  1. 1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. spent force
拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
路见不平，拔刀相助
lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù
  1. 1 lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to rush to the rescue
  3. 3 to play the white knight

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