枕戈寢甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ

to keep ready for battle at all times

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to keep ready for battle at all times
  2. 2. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
枕 zhěn HSK 6
pillow
戈 gē
surname Ge; dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞gē ruì
寢 qǐn
to lie down; old variant of 寢qǐn
甲 jiǎ HSK 5
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)