射箭
shè jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

射箭
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shè jiàn
  1. archery
  2. to shoot an arrow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

射
shè
  1. 1 old variant of 射[shè]
射手
shè shǒu
  1. 1 archer
  2. 2 shooter
  3. 3 marksman
  4. 4 (football etc) striker
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
反射
fǎn shè
  1. 1 to reflect
  2. 2 reflection (from a mirror etc)
  3. 3 reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
喷射
pēn shè
  1. 1 to spurt
  2. 2 to spray
  3. 3 to jet
  4. 4 spurt
  5. 5 spray
  6. 6 jet

Idioms (13)

一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
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)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate

Sample Sentences

我从小习武，骑马射箭样样精通，而且还看过很多兵书。我想女扮男装......
wǒ cóngxiǎo xíwǔ ，qímǎ shèjiàn yàngyàng jīngtōng ，érqiě hái kàn guo hěn duō bīngshū 。wǒ xiǎng nǚbànnánzhuāng ......
Ever since I was young, I've practiced martial arts, horseback riding and archery, and I'm proficient in them all. Moreover, I've also read many books on warfare. I would like to disguise myself as a man.
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