众矢之的 — Chinese idiom
众矢之的
zhòng shǐ zhī dì
Traditional: 眾矢之的
Meaning
- lit. target of a multitude of arrows ; the butt of public criticism
- attacked on all sides
Character by character
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
- 矢shǐarrow, dart; to vow, to swear
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 的dìaim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
Idioms sharing a character
- 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
- 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
- 大庭广众 dà tíng guǎng zhòng
- 妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng
- 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
- 左道惑众 zuǒ dào huò zhòng
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