归心似箭 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• with one's heart set on speeding home

Character by character

• 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 心xīnheart; mind; soul
• 似sìresembling, similar to; as if, to seem
• 箭jiànarrow; a type of bamboo

Idioms sharing a character

• 不醉不归 bù zuì bù guī
• 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
• 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
• 完璧归赵 wán bì guī Zhào
• 实至名归 shí zhì míng guī
• 改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng
• 早出晚归 zǎo chū wǎn guī
• 归根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ
• 殊途同归 shū tú tóng guī
• 水落归槽 shuǐ luò guī cáo

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