正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
Pinyin

Definition

正中要害
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zhèng zhòng yào hài
  1. to hit the nail on the head (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
需要
xū yào
  1. 1 to need
  2. 2 to want
  3. 3 to demand
  4. 4 to require
  5. 5 requirement
  6. 6 need
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
中毒
zhòng dú
  1. 1 to be poisoned
  2. 2 poisoning
中奖
zhòng jiǎng
  1. 1 to win a prize
  2. 2 a successful gamble
中级
zhōng jí
  1. 1 middle level (in a hierarchy)
中华
Zhōng huá
  1. 1 China (alternate formal name)

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently

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