A slow arrow leaves the string(nǔ jiàn lí xián)

A slow arrow leaves the string

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is n ǔ Ji à NL í Xi á n, which means very fast. It comes from the orphan of Zhao family by Ji Junxiang of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of Zhao's orphan written by Ji Junxiang in Yuan Dynasty: "if I take you to go, it's like an arrow leaving the string; if I call you back, it's like a feather on the carpet."

Idiom explanation

The metaphor is very fast.

Chinese PinYin : nǔ jiàn lí xián