手無寸鐵
simp手无寸铁sau2 mou4 cyun3 tit3shǒu wú cùn tiě
English
- lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
- defenceless; vulnerable; bare-handed; without a weapon; literally: not an inch of iron in one's hand
粵語 — Cantonese
- 手上冇任何武器
Examples
佢手無寸鐵,居然可以打贏嗰個大隻佬。
Though unarmed, he actually managed to take down that big guy.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk