刀枪不入
Traditional form:
刀槍不入
Pinyin (reading):
dāoqiāngbùrù
Definitions:
- lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
- fig. invulnerable
- untouchable
- thick-skinned
- impervious to criticism
Characters:
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 枪 - gun, rife; lance, spear
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
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