箭在弦上 jiànzàixiánshàng point of no return Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 箭在弦上 jiànzàixiánshàng point of no return The arrow is on the string; a situation where everything is ready and things have reached a point where one must act or there is no turning back. Often followed by 不得不发 bùdébùfā. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.528 per million Cross-References See 不得不发 bùdébùfāSame as 矢在弦上 shǐzàixiánshàng如箭在弦 rújiànzàixián Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
箭在弦上 jiànzàixiánshàng point of no return The arrow is on the string; a situation where everything is ready and things have reached a point where one must act or there is no turning back. Often followed by 不得不发 bùdébùfā. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.528 per million Cross-References See 不得不发 bùdébùfāSame as 矢在弦上 shǐzàixiánshàng如箭在弦 rújiànzàixián Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)