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


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