一箭之仇

Mandarin · pinyin yī jiàn zhī chóu

Meanings

  1. a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. old grievance
  3. previous defeat
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一
yī · one; a, an; alone
箭
jiàn · arrow; type of bamboo
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
仇
chóu · enemy, hate, hatred, enmity
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1–4–1–2 · yi1 jian4 zhi1 chou2

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jat1 zin3 zi1 sau4

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