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.
Chinese PinYin : sì jiàn zài xián
poised to strike
rich in the collection of books. zuò yōng shū chéng
decision making through operations research. yùn chóu huà cè
nothing concealed in a straightforward man 's mind. xiōng wú sù wù
Cultivating the party for private gain. yíng sī zhí dǎng
Half Analects governing the world. bàn bù lún yǔ zhì tiān xià