伤弓之鸟

Traditional form:

傷弓之鳥

Pinyin (reading):

shānggōngzhīniǎo

Definitions:

• see 驚弓之鳥／惊弓之鸟 (jīnggōngzhīniǎo)

Characters:

• 伤 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
• 弓 - bow; curved, arched
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 鸟 - bird

Traditional characters:

• 傷 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
• 弓 - bow; curved, arched
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 鳥 - bird