Read Edit View history Discussion 鸣镝 míngdí whistling arrow Origin Definitions Defs 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)