zhé chōng zūn zǔ

Traditional: 折衝樽俎

折冲樽俎 (zhé chōng zūn zǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table
  2. 2fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions

Characters in 折冲樽俎

折shé · to snap冲chōng · (of water) to dash against樽zūn · goblet俎zǔ · a stand for food at sacrifice

Related words

冲(of water) to dash against冲thoroughfare冲powerful折磨to torment; to torture冲浪to surf冲动to have an urge冲突conflict骨折to suffer a fracture折to snap折to turn sth over折to break折variant of 折[zhe2]

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