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众矢之的

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4-character word Traditional 眾矢之的

What 众矢之的 means

1. lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism
2. attacked on all sides

The characters in 众矢之的

• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 矢shǐarrow; dart; straight
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…