赤膊上陣

Chinese

		to be naked to the waist; to be barechested; to be shirtless to be naked to the waist; to be barechested; to be shirtless; naked upper half of the body	to go into battle; to pitch into the work; to take part in a match
trad. (赤膊上陣)		赤膊	上陣
simp. (赤膊上阵)		赤膊	上阵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìbóshàngzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ bok³ soeng⁵ zan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìbóshàngzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhbóshàngjhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-po²-shang⁴-chên⁴
    • Yale: chr̀-bwó-shàng-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhborshanqjenn
    • Palladius: чибошанчжэнь (čibošančžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ bok³ soeng⁵ zan⁶
    • Yale: chek bok séuhng jahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ bok⁸ soeng⁵ dzan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ bog³ sêng⁵ zen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ pɔːk̚³ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sɐn²²/

Idiom

赤膊上陣

1. to go into battle barechested
2. (figurative) to go all out; to go full speed ahead; to do something (often bad) without reservations or concealment