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Information of 弩

Pinyinnǔ

Radical

弓

Strokes

8 strokes

Usage

★★★★

Definition

cross-bow

弩 [nǔ] 名 1. 一种用机械力量射箭的弓，泛指弓。 (A type of bow that uses mechanical force to shoot arrows, generally referring to bows.)2. 能射弩的弓箭手。 (An archer who can shoot crossbows.)【引】 1. 《说文》：弩，弓有臂者。 (Shuōwén: Crossbow, a bow that has arms.) 2. 《韩非子·难势》：夫弩弱而矢高者，激于风也。 (Han Feizi: The weak crossbow shoots high arrows, driven by the wind.) 3. 《荀子·议兵》：魏氏之武卒…操十二石之弩。 (Xunzi: The soldiers of the Wei family... wield the twelve stone crossbow.) 4. 《资治通鉴》：强弩之末。 (Zizhi Tongjian: The end of a strong crossbow.) 5. 《汉书·李广苏建传》：伏弩射杀。 (Han Shu: Shot and killed by an ambush crossbow.) 6. 汉·贾谊《过秦论》：良将劲弩。 (Han: Jia Yi, in "On the Fall of Qin": A good general has a powerful crossbow.) 【例】 如: 连弩(数矢并发的弓); 弩门(蒙语称弓); 万弩齐发; 弩力(弩弓的射力); 弩子(弩弓); 弩牙(弩机钩弦的部件); 弩末(强紧之末); 弩栝(弩弓用以发射弓箭的机栝。 (Examples: Lian nu (a bow that shoots multiple arrows at once); nu men (Mongolian term for bow); wan nu qi fa (all crossbows firing together); nu li (the shooting power of a crossbow); nu zi (crossbow); nu ya (component of the crossbow mechanism); nu mo (the strong tension end); nu guo (mechanism used for shooting arrows with a crossbow.)

弓弩手 gōng nǔ shǒu

crossbow shooter

强弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò

lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force

弩箭 nǔ jiàn

bolt

弩手 nǔ shǒu

crossbowman

弩机 nǔ jī

crossbow mechanism

剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng

lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn

Input Method for 弩

Pinyinnu3

Wubi

vcxb

Cangjie

ven

Zhengma

zmxy

Four Corner

47027

Unicode

U+5f29

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