resort to force
resort to force
Take a knife and move a stick, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á D à on à ngzhang à ng, which means to wave a knife, a gun and a stick. From the 25th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Wave a knife, a gun, a stick.
The origin of Idioms
The 25th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "when Baoyu takes a knife and sticks, he seeks for life and death, and it turns the world upside down."
Idiom usage
It refers to the use of force
Examples
The situation is different now and in the past. I'm not afraid of her going far away. The 26th chapter of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty
resort to force
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