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- arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority)
- fig. instructions from one's superiors
- forward lunge (stance used in martial arts, fitness training etc)
Trad. 火箭軍
- Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles
Trad. 擋箭牌
- arrow-blocking shield
- (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure
Trad. 茅箭區
- Maojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei
- a wrong suffered (idiom)
- old grievance
- previous defeat
Trad. 一箭雙鵰
- lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
- to kill two birds with one stone
Trad. 中箭落馬
- lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
Trad. 光陰似箭
- time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
Trad. 歸心似箭
- with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
- fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
Trad. 萬箭穿心
- lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom)
- fig. overcome with sorrow
- fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
Trad. 開弓不放箭
- lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
- fig. to bluff
- to be all talk and no action
- false bravado
Trad. 火箭推進榴彈
- rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
Trad. 拿著雞毛當令箭
- to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
Trad. 開弓沒有回頭箭
- lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
- fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
- to have to finish what one started
- to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
Trad. 明槍好躲，暗箭難防
- lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
Trad. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防
- lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies