歸心如箭
guī​xīn​rú​jiàn

anxious to return home

  • created sense approved 归心如箭/歸心如箭 · guī​xīn​rú​jiàn · anxious to return home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    归心如箭 / 歸心如箭

    guī​xīn​rú​jiàn

    anxious to return home

    one's heart is set on returning home like a speeding arrow; used to describe an intense desire to return to one's home or family

    归心 (literal) → 归心/歸心 · guī​xīn · homesickness 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 箭 (literal) → 箭 · jiàn · fast

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

    created sense