| 刀枪不入 |
dāo qiāng bù rù |
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!") |
| 刀枪 |
dāo qiāng |
sword and spear / weapons |
| 枪 |
Qiāng |
surname Qiang |
| 枪 |
qiāng |
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL:支,把,杆,条,枝 / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots |
| 枪 |
qiāng |
variant of 枪 / rifle / spear |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 入 |
rù |
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时) / abbr. for 入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |