中箭落马

zhòng jiàn luò mǎ

คำจำกัดความ

1. lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
2. to suffer a serious setback (idiom)

คำย่อยของ 中箭落马

• 中 zhōng: within
• 中 zhòng: to hit (the mark)
• 箭 jiàn: arrow
• 落 là: to leave out
• 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 马 mǎ: horse
• 落马 luò mǎ: (lit.) to fall from a horse