lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
trad. 手無寸鐵
Also written 手無寸鐵【shǒu wú cùn tiě】
Characters in this word
4手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
寸
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a unit of length, inch, thumb
- Pinyin
- cùn
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15323 of 2500
铁
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surname Tie
- Pinyin
- Tiě
- Traditional
- 鐵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4600 of 2500