poised to strike(rú jiàn zài xián)

poised to strike

The Chinese idiom is R ú Ji à NZ à IXI á n in pinyin, which means that the arrow is on the string; metaphor is imperative. From "for yuan Shaoxi Yuzhou.".

The origin of Idioms

Wei Zhi is quoted in Wei Shaoxi Yuzhou written by Chen Lin of the Three Kingdoms, Wei: "we must stick to the string, we must not fail to make it."

Idiom usage

Metaphor is imperative. Since two generals Buzhi and Hanju had led 20000 troops between Yexian and Yuzhou, the army continued to March eastward. (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.2, chapter 36)

Chinese PinYin : rú jiàn zài xián