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开弓不放箭【kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn】

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

开弓不放箭【kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn】

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

开

HSK 1

含义open; initiate, begin, start

拼音kāi

弓

HSK 7-9

含义bow; curved, arched; Kangxi radical 57

拼音gōng

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

放

HSK 12

含义put, release, free, liberate

拼音fàng

箭

HSK 63

含义arrow; type of bamboo

拼音jiàn