赤膊上阵 (chì bó shǎng) — (literal) to go into battle stripped to the waist; (figurative) to act openly and without disguise; to come out into the open
Definition
A 成语 meaning to go all-in openly, with no concealment. The image is literal — fighting stripped to the waist — but today it means acting without disguise or holding back.
idiom
(literal) to go into battle stripped to the waist(figurative) to act openly and without disguiseto come out into the open
Examples
- ，赤膊上阵。Tā zhè cì zhí jiē gōng kāi le zì jǐ de jì huà, jiǎn zhí shì chì bó shǎng.This time he directly made his plan public — it's like going into battle stripped to the waist.
- ，，赤膊上阵。Zài tán pàn zhōng, wǒ men bù néng zài zhē zhē yǎn yǎn, zhǐ néng chì bó shǎng.In the negotiations, we can't keep hiding things — we have to come out into the open.
- ，赤膊上阵，。Miàn duì jìng zhēng duì shǒu de gōng jī, tā jué dìng chì bó shǎng, zhèng miàn huí yìng.Facing the competitor's attack, he decided to act undisguisedly and respond head-on.
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