無的放矢

Chinese

		not have	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	arrow; dart
trad. (無的放矢)		無	的	放	矢
simp. (无的放矢)		无	的	放	矢
Literally: “to shoot an arrow without a target; to shoot at random”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúdìfàngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ dik¹ fong³ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúdìfàngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúdìfàngshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ti⁴-fang⁴-shih³
    • Yale: wú-dì-fàng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudihfanqshyy
    • Palladius: удифанши (udifanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ dik¹ fong³ ci²
    • Yale: mòuh dīk fong chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dik⁷ fong³ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dig¹ fong³ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tɪk̚⁵ fɔːŋ³³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

無的放矢

1. to have no definite object in view; to have no definite objective in speech or action

Antonyms

• 有的放矢 (yǒudìfàngshǐ)