弹弓 (彈弓)
dàn gōng
Pinyin
Definition
弹弓 (彈弓)
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- catapult
- slingshot
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
左右开弓
- 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
- 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
- 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
- 4 to use both feet equally (football)
杯弓蛇影
- 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
- 2 overly fearful
开弓不放箭
- 1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
- 2 fig. to bluff
- 3 to be all talk and no action
- 4 false bravado
开弓没有回头箭
- 1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
- 2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
- 3 to have to finish what one started
- 4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
霸王硬上弓
- 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
- 2 to rape