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Simplified众矢之的
Traditional眾矢之的
Pinyinzhòng shǐ zhī dì
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众矢之的
zhòng shǐ zhī dì · lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides
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的de
of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it
有的yǒude(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
别的biédeelse; other
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
观众guānzhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)