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打哪儿指哪儿

dǎ nǎ r zhǐ nǎ r

6-character word Traditional 打哪兒指哪兒

What 打哪儿指哪儿 means

1. colloquialto act first and then claim the outcome was intended; to act without a clear aim and justify it afterward (ironic reversal of {指哪儿打哪儿|zhǐ nǎ r dǎ nǎ r}, where one aims clearly and executes with precision)

The characters in 打哪儿指哪儿

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 哪nǎhow; which
• 儿érchild; son
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 哪nǎhow; which
• 儿érchild; son