单 刀 赴 会

dān dāo fù huìdictionary entry

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

單刀赴會 单刀赴会 [dan1 dao1 fu4 hui4] /lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)/fig. to go alone into enemy lines/

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Other forms in these source records: 單刀赴會

单
chán
used in 單于|单于[chán yú]
dān
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[gè]
Shàn
surname Shan
刀
dāo
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass (CL:把[bǎ]) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain / to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiǎng dāo tā] "I could kill him!")
Dāo
surname Dao
赴
fù
to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc)
会
huì
can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])
kuài
(bound form) to reckon accounts

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