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HSK
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
rocket / CL:
HSK 6
bow and arrow
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arrow / CL:
HSK 6
rocket artillery
archery / to shoot an arrow
Wrigley (chewing gum company)
poison dart frog
booster rocket
carrier rocket
bazooka / rocket launcher
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
up-pointing arrow
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
arrowhead
with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
arrow / CL:
antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)
arrowhead / arrow symbol
up arrow key (on keyboard)
Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles
arrow shaft
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
Sagitta (constellation)
down arrow key (on keyboard)
shield / (fig.) excuse
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
Maojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat
Wrigley's Doublemint (brand)
spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
archer
lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado
iron arrow
right arrow key (on keyboard)
down-pointing arrow
whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal)
forest of spear, rain of arrows
arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors
arrow key (on keyboard)
forward lunge (stance used in martial arts, fitness training etc)
right-pointing arrow
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
sudden big stride forward
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
left-pointing arrow
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
rocket (artillery)
left arrow key (on keyboard)
bamboo (genus Fargesia)
variant of 劍魚|剑鱼


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