Word information
Simplified赤膊上阵
Traditional赤膊上陣
Pinyinchì bó shàng zhèn
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Chinese word dictionary
赤膊上阵
chì bó shàng zhèn · lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); fig. to go all out; to come out in the open
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