针尖对麦芒 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 針尖對麥芒 zhēnjiānduìmàimáng ㄓㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄤˊ sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) Character by character 针(zhēn)needle 尖(jiān)pointed 对(duì)right 麦(mài)surname Mai 芒(máng)awn A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0