Word information
Simplified有的放矢
Traditional有的放矢
Pinyinyǒudì-fàngshǐ
Part of speechGeneral
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
有的放矢
yǒudì-fàngshǐ · lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom); fig. to have a clear objective
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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
没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
有的yǒude(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
有点儿yǒudiǎnrslightly; a little; somewhat
有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat