draw sword against
In Chinese, Pinyin is B á D à oxi à ngxi à ng, which means to use force. From the story of heroes and heroines.
The origin of Idioms
"Heroes and heroines" Chapter 10: "naturally, we have to raise our eyebrows, crack our canthus and draw our swords."
Idiom usage
But as soon as they saw the aggressor blatantly, they unswervingly adopted the only way that the great Chinese people could and must take on such an occasion. People's daily, 1951.1.11
Analysis of Idioms
Swords and soldiers meet
draw sword against
divide the hairpins and break the mirrors - fēn xié pò jìng
push one 's way by shoving or humping - héng chōng zhí zhuàng
in boiling broth , one burnt his whiskers -- love for one 's brother and sister - zhǔ zhōu fén xū
Iron bars are ground into needles - tiě bàng mó chéng zhēn
the wind cuts like a knife and the frost bites into one 's flesh like a sword - fēng dāo shuāng jiàn