poised to strike
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ì Ji à NZ à IXI á n, meaning as if the arrow had been put on the bowstring and had to be fired. From midnight by Mao Dun.
The origin of Idioms
Mao Dun "Midnight" Eight: "a question, like an arrow, straight to the face of Mei Qing."
Idiom explanation
It was as if the arrow had been on the bowstring and had to be fired.
poised to strike
a clever talk becomes a good joke - miào yǔ jiě yí
love as if it were a gem or a pearl - ài rú zhēn bǎo
bear down on one with the weight of mount taishan - tài shān yā dǐng