- to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking
- firing blindly
- to shoot in the air
- a shot in the dark
Characters
- 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 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: 无的放矢
- MDBG: 无的放矢
- Examples with 无的放矢 on Tatoeba
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