针尖对麦芒針尖對麥芒

zhēn jiān duì mài máng

Meaning

sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)

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Characters

针zhēnneedle, pin, tack; acupuncture钅十尖jiānsharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd小大对duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed又寸麦màiwheat, barley, oats龶夂芒mángblade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis艹亡