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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 开弓没有回头箭
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 开弓没有回头箭 | kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn | - 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 82,917 | 88,079 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 开 | kāi | - to open (transitive or intransitive) - (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start - to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run - to boil - to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) - (directional complement) away; off - carat (gold) - abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] - abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format |
| 弓 | gōng | - surname Gong |
| 弓 | gōng | - a bow (weapon) - CL:張|张[zhang1] - to bend - to arch (one's back etc) |
| 没 | méi | - (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 没 | mò | - drowned - to end - to die - to inundate |
| 有 | yǒu | - to have; there is - (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional) |
| 回 | huí | - to circle - to go back - to turn around - to answer - to return - to revolve - Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) - time - classifier for acts of a play - section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 回 | huí | - to curve - to return - to revolve |
| 回 | huí | - variant of 迴|回[hui2] |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
| 箭 | jiàn | - arrow - CL:支[zhi1] |
Other Words Containing 开弓没有回头箭
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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