with a secret arrow

with a secret arrow

It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is à NJI à NSH ā NgR é n, which means to shoot an arrow in the dark to kill someone, that is, to shoot a cold arrow to hurt someone. It refers to the act or trick of hurting people in secret. It comes from you Yan by Liu Yan of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yan of the Song Dynasty, Volume 6 of "You Yan" said: "when a man is hit by a hidden arrow, his deep bone is the second bone, and his resentment is also the second bone, so as to cover up what he was not prepared for."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate and attributive; with derogatory meaning, it describes the robber who plays tricks behind his back to hurt people. (the 58th chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty) he is just stabbing people in the back. Such people can't be trusted. Such a vicious lie is a stab in the back. he is a scheming villain, often stabbing people in the back, unscrupulous. be open and aboveboard, stick to the stick with fire, and be magnanimous