短兵相接

Traditional form:

短兵相接

Pinyin (reading):

duǎnbīngxiāngjiē

Definitions:

• lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
• to fight at close quarters

Characters:

• 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone

Traditional characters:

• 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone