Read Edit View history Discussion 箭在弦上 jiànzàixiánshàng point of no return Origin Definitions Defs 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)