hand-to-hand combat; fight at close quarters
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to fight hand-to-hand; to engage in close combat with bare hands or short weapons
Primarily used in military or combat contexts to describe fighting without firearms or with knives/bayonets at very close range. Can also form compound nouns like 肉搏战.
Zhàn战
shì士
men们
chōng冲
shàng上
qù去
yǔ与
dí敌
rén人
ròu肉
bó搏
。
The soldiers rushed forward to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy.
Zhè这
chǎng场
zhàn战
dòu斗
zuì最
hòu后
yǎn演
biàn变
chéng成
le了
cǎn惨
liè烈
de的
ròu肉
bó搏
zhàn战
。
The battle eventually devolved into a brutal hand-to-hand melee.
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Zài在
méi没
yǒu有
zǐ子
dàn弹
de的
qíng情
kuàng况
xià下
，
tā他
men们
zhǐ只
néng能
xuǎn选
zé择
yǔ与
dí敌
rén人
ròu肉
bó搏
。
Without ammunition, they had no choice but to engage the enemy in close combat.
Cì刺
dāo刀
jiàn见
hóng红
，
yì意
wèi味
zhe着
yào要
jìn进
xíng行
cán残
kù酷
de的
bái白
rèn刃
ròu肉
bó搏
。
When bayonets draw blood, it signals the beginning of brutal hand-to-hand fighting.