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开弓没有回头箭

kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn

7-character word Traditional 開弓沒有回頭箭

What 开弓没有回头箭 means

1. lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
2. fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
3. to have to finish what one started
4. to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks

The characters in 开弓没有回头箭

• 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)
• 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 箭jiànarrow