短兵

duǎnbīng
  1. small arms (knives, swords, etc.)
  2. soldier holding such arms

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Entry Composition

1 短 duǎn
  1. short
  2. brief
  3. to lack
  4. weak point
  5. fault
2 兵 bīng
  1. soldiers
  2. a force
  3. an army
  4. weapons
  5. arms
  6. military
  7. warlike

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Containing this entry

短兵相接 duǎnbīngxiāngjiē
  1. lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. to fight at close quarters