yǒu​dì​fàng​shǐ HSK7

to have a clear target

  • created reference approved 有的放矢 → 无的放矢/無的放矢 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有的放矢 yǒu​dì​fàng​shǐ

    无的放矢 / 無的放矢 wú​dì​fàng​shǐ

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 有的放矢 → 对症下药/對症下藥 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有的放矢 yǒu​dì​fàng​shǐ

    对症下药 / 對症下藥 duì​zhèng​xià​yào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 有的放矢 · yǒu​dì​fàng​shǐ · to have a clear target — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有的放矢

    yǒu​dì​fàng​shǐ

    to have a clear target

    literally shooting an arrow with a target in mind; describes speaking or acting with a definite goal or clear objective in mind

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 的 (literal) → 的 · dì · target 放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to set off 矢 (literal) → 矢 · shǐ · arrow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense