短兵相接

Chinese

		small arms; soldier holding such arms	to join; to connect; to meet to join; to connect; to meet; to interlock
trad. (短兵相接)		短兵	相接
simp. ^#(短兵相接)		短兵	相接

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎnbīngxiāngjiē
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² bing¹ soeng¹ zip³
Min Nan (POJ): toán-peng-siong-chiap / toán-peng-siang-chiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnbīngxiāngjiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnbingsiangjie
  - Wade–Giles: tuan³-ping¹-hsiang¹-chieh¹
  - Yale: dwǎn-bīng-syāng-jyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanbingshiangjie
  - Palladius: дуаньбинсянцзе (duanʹbinsjancze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ piŋ⁵⁵ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun² bing¹ soeng¹ zip³
  - Yale: dyún bīng sēung jip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² bing¹ soeng¹ dzip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün² bing¹ sêng¹ jib³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-peng-siong-chiap
  - Tâi-lô: tuán-ping-siong-tsiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doafnpengsiongciab
  - IPA (Taipei): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-peng-siang-chiap
  - Tâi-lô: tuán-ping-siang-tsiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doafnpengsiangciab
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiap̚³²/

Idiom

短兵相接

to fight hand to hand; to be in close combat
- 在這樣日益走向尖銳的短兵相接的階級鬥爭的形勢之下，無產階級要取得勝利，就完全要靠他的政黨——共產黨的鬥爭策略的正確和堅決。 [MSC, trad.]
  在这样日益走向尖锐的短兵相接的阶级斗争的形势之下，无产阶级要取得胜利，就完全要靠他的政党——共产党的斗争策略的正确和坚决。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1930, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對本本主義》 (Oppose Book Worship), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on
  Zài zhèyàng rìyì zǒuxiàng jiānruì de duǎnbīngxiāngjiē de jiējí dòuzhēng de xíngshì zhī xià, wúchǎn jiējí yào qǔdé shènglì, jiù wánquán yào kào tā de zhèngdǎng — Gòngchǎndǎng de dòuzhēng cèlüè de zhèngquè hé jiānjué. [Pinyin]
  In a situation when the class struggle grows increasingly acute and is waged at close quarters, the proletariat has to depend for its victory entirely on the correct and firm tactics of struggle of its own party, the Communist Party.