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有的放矢
yǒu dì fàng shǐ
What 有的放矢 means
- lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
- fig. to have a clear objective
The characters in 有的放矢
- 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
- 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
- 放fàngto put; to place; to release
- 矢shǐarrow; dart; straight
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