be unarmed and without a company of fighters; single-handed ❍ 胜俺～，怎去恢复中原？(孔尚任《桃花扇·草檄》150) How can I hope to recover the central plain single-handed?/他是第一次象这样单身空手的到敌区来，……(知侠《铁道游击队》89) He had never before entered enemy-occupied territory unarmed and without a company of fighters.