百步穿杨 — Chinese idiom
百步穿杨
bǎi bù chuān yáng
Traditional: 百步穿楊
Meaning
- to shoot with great precision
Character by character
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
- 穿chuānto drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
- 杨yángwillow, poplar, aspen; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài
- 千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài
- 千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
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