短兵相接
duǎnbīng-xiāngjiē
hand-to-hand combat; head-on confrontation
Every meaning
duǎnbīng-xiāngjiē
- hand-to-hand combat; head-on confrontation
Its characters
- 短duǎnshort; brief
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops
- 相xiāngeach other; mutually
- 接jiēto receive; to accept
Words with 短
Words with 兵
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.