| 大动干戈 |
dà dòng gān gē |
lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 动 |
dòng |
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 动词, verb |
| 干 |
gān |
old variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 |
gān |
variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield |
| 干 |
gàn |
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed |
| 干戈 |
gān gē |
weapons of war / arms |
| 戈 |
Gē |
surname Ge |
| 戈 |
gē |
dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞 / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷 |