手无寸铁

Traditional form:

手無寸鐵

Pinyin (reading):

shǒuwúcùntiě

Definitions:

• lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

Characters:

• 手 - hand
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm

Traditional characters:

• 手 - hand
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm