一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
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1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
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2 old grievance
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3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
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1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
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2 to kill two birds with one stone
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
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1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
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2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
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1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
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1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
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2 with irresistible force
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
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1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
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1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
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1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
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1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
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1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
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1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
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1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
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1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
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1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
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1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
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2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
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3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
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1 to plan in advance (idiom)
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2 a card up one's sleeve
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3 forewarned is forearmed
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
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1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
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2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
万箭穿心
wàn jiàn chuān xīn
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1 lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom)
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2 fig. overcome with sorrow
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3 to lambaste
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4 to rip sb to shreds
开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn
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1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
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2 fig. to bluff
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3 to be all talk and no action
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4 false bravado
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
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1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
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2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
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3 to have to finish what one started
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4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks