Entry
开kāi弓gōng不bù放fàng箭jiàn

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

    trad. 開弓不放箭

Also written 開弓不放箭【kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn】

Characters in this word

5
开
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Pinyin
kāi
Traditional
開
Strokes
4
Frequency
467 of 2500
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