袖箭
xiù jiàn
Pinyin
Definition
袖箭
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- spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
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
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
- 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
两袖清风
- 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
- 2 uncorrupted
- 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices