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开弓没有回头箭【kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn】

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

开弓没有回头箭【kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn】

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

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

没

HSK 1

含义not, have not, none; drown, sink

拼音méi

有

HSK 11

含义have, own, possess; exist

拼音yǒu

回

HSK 11

含义return, turn around; a time

拼音huí

头

HSK 2

含义head; top; chief, first; boss

拼音tóu

箭

HSK 63

含义arrow; type of bamboo

拼音jiàn