箭
jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

箭
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jiàn
  1. arrow
  2. CL:支[zhī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

火箭
huǒ jiàn
  1. 1 rocket
  2. 2 classifier: 枚 méi
箭
jiàn
  1. 1 arrow
  2. 2 classifier: 支 zhī
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
射箭
shè jiàn
  1. 1 archery
  2. 2 to shoot an arrow
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)

Idioms (12)

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!
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

Sample Sentences

你竟敢打小报告！要是主管发现了，之后给你放冷箭怎么办？
nǐ jìnggǎn dǎxiǎobàogào ！yàoshi zhǔguǎn fāxiàn le ，zhīhòu gěi nǐ fànglěngjiàn zěnmebàn ？
How could you snitch on the manager! What happens if he finds out and then stabs your back afterwards?
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对了，说到上赛季的比赛，我记忆犹新的还是西部半决赛，休斯敦火箭队和洛杉矶快船队的那一轮季后赛。
duìle ，shuōdào shàng sàijì de bǐsài ，wǒ jìyìyóuxīn de háishì xībù bàn juésài ，xiūsīdūn Huǒjiànduì hé Luòshānjī kuàichuánduì de nà yī lún jìhòusài 。
Yes, talking of the previous season, the Western Conference semifinals are still fresh in my memory, the postseason series of matches between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers.
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是啊，火箭队在大比分1：3落后的不利形势下连翻三局，实现了惊天大逆转，可怜的保罗注定摸不到西决的地板。
shì a ，Huǒjiànduì zài dà bǐfēn yī bǐ sān luòhòu de bùlì xíngshì xià lián fān sān jú ，shíxiàn le jīngtiān dànìzhuǎn ，kělián de Bǎoluó zhùdìng mō bùdào xījué de dìbǎn 。
Yes, the Rockets staged a comeback after being down by one to three, poor Chris Paul seems fated to never tread the court of a Western Conference final.
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看样子你跟我一样也是火箭队的球迷了。
kànyàngzi nǐ gēn wǒ yīyàng yě shì Huǒjiànduì de qiúmí le 。
It sounds like you're a Rockets fan like me.
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那当然，我可是火箭队十几年的铁杆球迷了。
nà dāngrán ，wǒ kě shì Huǒjiànduì shíjǐ nián de tiěgān qiúmí le 。
Of course, I've been a dyed-in-the-wool Rockets fan for over a dozen years.
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我喜欢火箭队应该是从2002年开始的吧，那一年姚明以状元身份加盟火箭队，后来我就一直关注这支球队，慢慢地就成了火箭队的球迷。
wǒ xǐhuan Huǒjiànduì yīnggāi shì cóng èr líng líng èr nián kāishǐ de ba ，nà yī nián Yáo Míng yǐ zhuàngyuán shēnfèn jiāméng Huǒjiànduì ，hòulái wǒ jiù yīzhí guānzhù zhè zhī qiúduì ，mànmàn de jiù chéng le Huǒjiànduì de qiúmí 。
I must have started liking the Rockets back in 2002. It was in that year that Yao Ming joined the Rockets as a first pick. From then on I have continued to follow the team and gradually I became a fan.
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姚明虽然已经退役好几年了，但我心里也还是一直把火箭队当成母队来看，我想有很多中国球迷有着跟我们一样的火箭情怀，他开启了火箭队的整个中国市场。
Yáo Míng suīrán yǐjīng tuìyì hǎojǐ nián le ，dàn wǒ xīnli yě hái shì yīzhí bǎ Huǒjiànduì dàngchéng mǔ duì láikàn ，wǒ xiǎng yǒu hěn duō Zhōngguó qiúmí yǒuzhe gēn wǒmen yīyàng de Huǒjiàn qínghuái ，tā kāi qǐ le Huǒjiànduì de zhěnggè zhōngguóshìchǎng 。
Although Yao Ming retired several years ago, I've always seen the Rockets as my home team. I think that a lot of Chinese basketball fans have an attachment to the Rockets, as he launched the entire Chinese market for the Rockets.
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上个赛季快船队在大好形势下被火箭队逆转无缘西部决赛，他们一定憋了一口气想要赢回来。
shànggè sàijì kuàichuánduì zài dàhǎo xíngshì xià bèi Huǒjiànduì nìzhuǎn wúyuán xībù juésài ，tāmen yīdìng biē le yīkǒuqì xiǎngyào yíng huílai 。
Given that last season the Clippers were knocked out of the Western Conference by the Rockets despite their big advantage, they must be planning to win it back after this breather.
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前阵子看新闻，听说快船队在休赛期补强了球队的替补阵容，接连招募了三个火箭队的旧将，看来新赛季里弗斯是想报一箭之仇了。
qiánzhènzi kàn xīnwén ，tīngshuō kuàichuánduì zài xiūsàiqī bǔ qiáng le qiúduì de tìbǔ zhènróng ，jiēlián zhāomù le sān gè Huǒjiànduì de jiùjiàng ，kànlai xīn sàijì Lǐfúsī shì xiǎng bào yījiànzhīchóu le 。
I was watching the news recently and I heard the Clippers were improving their substitute roster in the offseason, recruiting three old Rockets generals in a row, which suggests that in the new season Doc Rivers wants to get his revenge.
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是啊，快船队这次签了上赛季效力于火箭队的大前锋约什史密斯，控卫普里吉奥尼，甚至还把前火箭队队员查克海耶斯也招入麾下，看来里弗斯是真的跟火箭队杠上了。
shì a ，kuàichuánduì zhècì qiān le shàng sàijì xiàolì yú Huǒjiànduì de dà qiánfēng yuēshíshǐmìsī ，kòngwèi pǔlǐjíàoní ，shènzhì hái bǎ qián Huǒjiànduì duìyuán chákèhǎiyésī yě zhāo rù huī xià ，kànlai Lǐfúsī shì zhēnde gēn Huǒjiànduì gàng shàng le 。
Yes, the Clippers have signed Josh Smith, who played as a power forward for the Rockets last season, point guard Pablo Prigioni and they even recruited former Rockets player Chuck Hayes, which suggests Rivers is really gunning for the Rockets.
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