guī​xīn​sì​jiàn

to be anxious to return home

  • created reference approved 归心似箭/歸心似箭 → 归心如箭/歸心如箭 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    归心似箭 / 歸心似箭 guī​xīn​sì​jiàn

    归心如箭 / 歸心如箭 guī​xīn​rú​jiàn

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

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  • created sense approved 归心似箭/歸心似箭 · guī​xīn​sì​jiàn · to be anxious to return home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    归心似箭 / 歸心似箭

    guī​xīn​sì​jiàn

    to be anxious to return home

    Describes a strong desire to return home as quickly as possible, as if one's heart were an arrow shot from a bow.

    归心 (literal) → 归心/歸心 · guī​xīn · homesickness 似 (literal) → 似 · sì · to resemble 箭 (literal) → 箭 · jiàn · arrow

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

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