無的放矢

Chinese

		not have	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	arrow; dart
trad. (無的放矢)		無	的	放	矢
simp. (无的放矢)		无	的	放	矢
Literally: “to shoot an arrow without a target; to shoot at random”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúdìfàngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ dik¹ fong³ ci²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúdìfàngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudihfanqshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ dik¹ fong³ ci²
  - Yale: mòuh dīk fong chí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dik⁷ fong³ tsi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dig¹ fong³ qi²
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tɪk̚⁵ fɔːŋ³³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

無的放矢

to have no definite object in view; to have no definite objective in speech or action

Antonyms

有的放矢 (yǒudìfàngshǐ)

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