箭 arrow / CL:支[zhi1] 矢 arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] 菆 arrow / weeds 亚 罗 号 Yà luó Hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War) 箭 头 jiàn tóu arrowhead / arrow symbol 弓 箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow 射 箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 一 箭 双 雕 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone 强 弩 之 末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force 令 箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors 光 阴 似 箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! 箭 杆 jiàn gǎn arrow shaft 箭 头 键 jiàn tóu jiàn arrow key (on keyboard) 铤 big arrow / walk fast 彀 to draw a bow to the full / the range of a bow and arrow / old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough 镝 arrow or arrowhead (old) 矰 arrow with a streamer 筈 arrow end 开 弓 不 放 箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado 上 箭 头 shàng jiàn tóu up-pointing arrow 上 箭 头 键 shàng jiàn tóu jiàn up arrow key (on keyboard) 下 箭 头 xià jiàn tóu down-pointing arrow 下 箭 头 键 xià jiàn tóu jiàn down arrow key (on keyboard) 中 箭 落 马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom) 亚 罗 号 事 件 Yà luó Hào Shì jiàn the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War) 右 箭 头 yòu jiàn tóu right-pointing arrow 右 箭 头 键 yòu jiàn tóu jiàn right arrow key (on keyboard) 契 箭 qì jiàn arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders) 左 箭 头 zuǒ jiàn tóu left-pointing arrow 左 箭 头 键 zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn left arrow key (on keyboard) 钢 箭 gāng jiàn iron arrow 袖 箭 xiù jiàn spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve 直 溜 溜 zhí liū liū straight as an arrow 开 弓 没 有 回 头 箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks 彀 中 gòu zhōng within the range of a bow and arrow / (fig.) under sb's control 响 箭 xiǎng jiàn whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal)
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