act undisguisedly

act undisguisedly

The Chinese idiom, CH à B ó sh à ngzh è n, means bare upper body, refers to not wearing armor, describes fighting bravely, fighting with all one's strength. The latter is engaged in unprepared or undisguised. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Analysis of Idioms

Go to battle barehanded, go to battle light

Idiom usage

In a derogatory sense, it means to jump out and do something bad in public.

The origin of Idioms

The 59th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "Xu Chu's character rises, flies back to the array, takes off his armor, and his whole body is full of sinews. He raises his sword in a red body, turns over and mounts his horse to fight against Ma Chao."

Idiom story

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government was corrupt, the warlords were independent and attacked each other. Ma Teng, a warlord in Liangzhou, was killed by Cao Cao. Ma Chao, Ma Teng's son, joined forces with Han Sui, the governor of Xiliang, to avenge his father and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Cao Cao. The two sides played in the area of Weikou. The next day, the two armies went out to form a battle. Ma Chao held up his gun and ran his horse, fighting against Xu Chu, Cao Cao's powerful general. The two men fought for more than 100 rounds without a draw. Because the horses were tired, they went back to the army, changed their horses, and went out to fight for more than 100 rounds. The victory was still not divided. Xu Chu was able to kill himself. He patted his horse back to battle, took off his armor, showed his outstanding muscles and muscles, barebacked, and mounted his horse with a knife to fight Ma Chao. The officers and soldiers on both sides were shocked. After more than 30 rounds of fighting, Xu Chu tried his best to cut Ma Chao with a knife. Ma Chao flashed by and stabbed Xu Chu with a gun.