鸣镝 míngdí whistling arrow Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 鸣镝 鳴鏑 míngdí whistling arrow (literary) an arrow used in ancient times that makes a whistling sound when shot; used in the military to signal directions or issue commands warfare (literary) to use a whistling arrow as a metaphor for war or civil unrest Frequency Written text 0.077 per million Cross-References Synonym 嚆矢 hāoshǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
鸣镝 鳴鏑 míngdí whistling arrow (literary) an arrow used in ancient times that makes a whistling sound when shot; used in the military to signal directions or issue commands warfare (literary) to use a whistling arrow as a metaphor for war or civil unrest Frequency Written text 0.077 per million Cross-References Synonym 嚆矢 hāoshǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)