qiè zhòng shí bì

Traditional: 切中時弊

切中时弊 (qiè zhòng shí bì) is a Chinese word meaning “to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target; to hit the nub of the matter”.

Meanings

  1. 1to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2to hit the nub of the matter

Characters in 切中时弊

切qiē · to cut; to slice; to carve中zhōng · within; among; in时shí · o'clock弊bì · detriment

Related words

时候time中within; among; in中to hit (a target)中(bound form) China; Chinese时间(concept of) time时o'clock时surname Shi时old variant of 時|时[shi2]一切everything小时hour当时then; at that time当时immediately; right then

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