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赤膊上陣
简 赤膊上阵 · 繁 赤膊上陣Mandarin · pinyin chì bó shàng zhèn
Meanings
- lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom)
- fig. to go all out
- to come out in the open
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4–2–4–4 · chi4 bo2 shang4 zhen4
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cek3 bok3 soeng5 zan6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to go into battle barechested
- (figurative) to go all out; to go full speed ahead; to do something (often bad) without reservations or concealment
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