中箭落马
Traditional form:
中箭落馬
Pinyin (reading):
zhòngjiànluòmǎ
Definitions:
- lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
Characters:
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 箭 - arrow; a type of bamboo
- 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 马 - horse; surname
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