劍拔弩張 Save Create a free account to save words Simplified: 剑拔弩张 jiànbánǔzhāng ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄚˊ ㄋㄨˇ ㄓㄤ 男 女 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) fig. a state of mutual hostility at daggers drawn Character by character 劍(jiàn)double-edged sword 拔(bá)draw out by suction 弩(nǔ)crossbow 張(zhāng)open up Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0