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 | ||
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 無的放矢
Antonyms
- 有的放矢 (yǒudìfàngshǐ)