有的放矢

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

yǒudìfàngshǐ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄕˇ

    • lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
    • fig. to have a clear objective

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