yǒu dì fàng shǐ

HSK 7–9

有的放矢 (yǒu dì fàng shǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom); fig. to have a clear objective”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to have a clear objective

Characters in 有的放矢

有yǒu · to have; there is的de · of; ~'s (possessive particle)放fàng · to put矢shǐ · arrow

Related words

的of; ~'s (possessive particle)的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的really and truly的(bound form) bull's-eye; target有to have; there is没有haven't是的yes, that's right还有there still remain(s); there is (or are) still所有all放to put有人someone他妈的(taboo curse) damn it!

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