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开弓不放箭

kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn

5-character word Traditional 開弓不放箭

What 开弓不放箭 means

1. lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
2. fig. to bluff
3. to be all talk and no action
4. false bravado

The characters in 开弓不放箭

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 弓gōnga bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 箭jiànarrow