针尖对麦芒
Traditional form:
針尖對麥芒
Pinyin (reading):
zhēnjiānduìmàimáng
Definitions:
- sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
Characters:
- 针 - needle, pin, tack; acupuncture
- 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
- 对 - correct, right; facing, opposed
- 麦 - wheat, barley, oats
- 芒 - blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis
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