无的放矢 — Chinese idiom
无的放矢
wú dì fàng shǐ
Traditional: 無的放矢
Meaning
- to shoot without aim ; fig. to speak without thinking
- firing blindly
- to shoot in the air
- a shot in the dark
Character by character
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 的dìaim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 放fàngto release, to liberate, to free
- 矢shǐarrow, dart; to vow, to swear
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú
- 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
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