射箭
shè jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

射箭
 - 
shè jiàn
  1. archery
  2. to shoot an arrow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

射
shè
  1. 1 old variant of 射[shè]
射手
shè shǒu
  1. 1 archer
  2. 2 shooter
  3. 3 marksman
  4. 4 (football etc) striker
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
反射
fǎn shè
  1. 1 to reflect
  2. 2 reflection (from a mirror etc)
  3. 3 reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
喷射
pēn shè
  1. 1 to spurt
  2. 2 to spray
  3. 3 to jet
  4. 4 spurt
  5. 5 spray
  6. 6 jet
四射
sì shè
  1. 1 to radiate all around
射击
shè jī
  1. 1 to shoot
  2. 2 to fire (a gun)
射灯
shè dēng
  1. 1 spotlight
射门
shè mén
  1. 1 (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
投射
tóu shè
  1. 1 to throw (a projectile)
  2. 2 to cast (light)
折射
zhé shè
  1. 1 to refract
  2. 2 refraction
  3. 3 to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
放射
fàng shè
  1. 1 to radiate
  2. 2 radioactive
放射性
fàng shè xìng
  1. 1 radioactive
映射
yìng shè
  1. 1 to shine on
  2. 2 (math., linguistics etc) mapping
核辐射
hé fú shè
  1. 1 nuclear radiation
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
注射
zhù shè
  1. 1 injection
  2. 2 to inject
火箭
huǒ jiàn
  1. 1 rocket
  2. 2 CL:枚[méi]
照射
zhào shè
  1. 1 to shine on
  2. 2 to light up
  3. 3 to irradiate
发射
fā shè
  1. 1 to shoot (a projectile)
  2. 2 to fire (a rocket)
  3. 3 to launch
  4. 4 to emit (a particle)
  5. 5 to discharge
  6. 6 emanation
  7. 7 emission

Idioms (13)

一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
  1. 1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
万箭穿心
wàn jiàn chuān xīn
  1. 1 lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overcome with sorrow
  3. 3 to lambaste
  4. 4 to rip sb to shreds
开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn
  1. 1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bluff
  3. 3 to be all talk and no action
  4. 4 false bravado
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
  1. 1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
  3. 3 to have to finish what one started
  4. 4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks

Sample Sentences

我从小习武，骑马射箭样样精通，而且还看过很多兵书。我想女扮男装......
wǒ cóngxiǎo xíwǔ ，qímǎ shèjiàn yàngyàng jīngtōng ，érqiě hái kàn guo hěn duō bīngshū 。wǒ xiǎng nǚbànnánzhuāng ......
Ever since I was young, I've practiced martial arts, horseback riding and archery, and I'm proficient in them all. Moreover, I've also read many books on warfare. I would like to disguise myself as a man.
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