- lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
- to fight at close quarters
Characters
- 短 (短): short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 兵 (兵): soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 相 (相): surname Xiang
- 接 (接): 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
Resources
- Wiktionary: 短兵相接
- MDBG: 短兵相接
- Examples with 短兵相接 on Tatoeba
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