擦枪走火 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 擦槍走火 cāqiāngzǒuhuǒ ㄘㄚ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun a minor incident that sparks a war fig. Character by character 擦(cā)rub 枪(qiāng)surname Qiang 走(zǒu)walk 火(huǒ)surname Huo A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0