- lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
- fig. to have a clear objective
Characters
- 有 (有): to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 的 (的): of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- 放 (放): to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 矢 (矢): arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear; old variant of 屎[shi3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 有的放矢
- MDBG: 有的放矢
- Examples with 有的放矢 on Tatoeba
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