汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 赤膊上阵
赤膊上阵 (赤膊上陣)
lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open
Go shirtless / It is an analogy of being on the court and performing activities without disguising
光着膀子上阵。比喻亲身上场,不加掩饰地进行活动。
chì shàng () zhèn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

谁该更多的赤膊上阵呢?

Who should be shirtless more?

我更喜欢这种方式。或者甚至赤膊上阵

I preferred it that way... or maybe even shirtless.

教练来自田纳西州,金色头发,赤膊上阵,有点瑜伽摇滚明星的范儿。

The instructor is from Tennessee. Blond, shirtless, and a bit of a yoga rock star.

其结果是演出中出现大量的把酒狂饮、骨盆碰撞和赤膊上阵的舞男,肯定比典型的京剧更有伤风化。

The result is a production decidedly more risqué than the typical Peking opera, with plenty of wine guzzling, pelvic thrusts and shirtless male dancers.