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to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking · firing blindly · to shoot in the air · a shot in the dark

无的放矢
wú dì fàng shǐ
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) · fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience · to cast pearls before swine · caviar to the general · to preach to deaf ears · to talk over sb's head对牛弹琴duì niú tán qínnot to the point · wide of the mark · neither here nor there · irrelevant不着边际bù zhuó biān jì
Antonyms
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) · fig. to have a clear objective有的放矢yǒu dì fàng shǐ
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