箭在弦上，不得不發

See also: 箭在弦上，不得不发

Chinese

		arrow	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	bow string; string of mus. instr.	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up		have no choice but to; cannot but; have to	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (箭在弦上，不得不發)		箭	在	弦	上	，	不得不	發
simp. (箭在弦上，不得不发)		箭	在	弦	上	，	不得不	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn zài xián shàng, bùdébù fā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn zài xián shàng, bùdébù fā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn zài sián shàng, bùdébù fa
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴ tsai⁴ hsien² shang⁴, pu⁴-tê²-pu⁴ fa¹
    • Yale: jyàn dzài syán shàng-, bù-dé-bù fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann tzay shyan shanq, buderbu fa
    • Palladius: цзянь цзай сянь шан, будэбу фа (czjanʹ czaj sjanʹ šan, budɛbu fa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/

Idiom

箭在弦上，不得不發

1. there's no turning back now!