lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
trad. 枕戈寢甲
Also written 枕戈寢甲【zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ】
Characters in this word
4枕
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(bound form) pillow, to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
- Pinyin
- zhěn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 37919 of 2500
戈
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gē
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 8610 of 2500
寝
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old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
- Pinyin
- qǐn
- Traditional
- 寑
- Strokes
- 13
甲
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first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], (used for an unspecified person or thing), first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc), letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, armor plating, shell or carapace, (of the fingers or toes) nail, bladed leather or metal armor (old), ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old), civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old), ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- Pinyin
- jiǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 24738 of 2500