中箭落马 (中箭落馬)
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
Pinyin
Definition
中箭落马 (中箭落馬)
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- lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一箭之仇
- 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
- 2 old grievance
- 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
- 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
- 2 to kill two birds with one stone
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on