arrow; CL:支[zhi1]

archery; to shoot an arrow

bow and arrow

arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority); fig. instructions from one's superiors

whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal)

arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)

attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back

Wrigley's Doublemint (brand)

see 茅箭區|茅箭区[Mao2 jian4 Qu1]

spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve

iron arrow

time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!

booster rocket

with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)

lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]); fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends

carrier rocket

lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom); fig. to bluff; to be all talk and no action; false bravado

lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom); fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started; to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext