拉开架势

Traditional: 拉開架勢

lā kāi jià shi

Dictionary entry

to assume a fighting stance

What does 拉开架势 mean?

拉开架势 (lā kāi jià shi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to assume a fighting stance

2(fig.) to take the offensive

Character breakdown

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拉lāto pull · to play (a bowed instrument)开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 架jiàto support · frame 势shìpower · influence

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拉开架势

lā kāi jià shi

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