中箭落马 — Chinese idiom
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
Traditional: 中箭落馬
Meaning
- lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- to suffer a serious setback
Character by character
- 中zhòngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 箭jiànarrow; a type of bamboo
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一矢中的 yī shǐ zhòng dì
- 一语中的 yī yǔ zhòng dì
- 中西合璧 Zhōng Xī hé bì
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì
- 切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng
- 切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài
- 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 问鼎中原 wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
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