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duǎnbīngxiāngjiē ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄝ

    • lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
    • to fight at close quarters

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