Correct
左右开弓
/ zuǒ yòu kāi gōng /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
能左右开弓
2
左右开弓地……
3
……左右开弓
Definition
左右开弓
Literally means:
shoot first with one hand, then with the other
Actually means:
开弓 means pulling back the bow string and shoot an arrow.
This phrase means that one can shoot with both hands. It figuratively means using both hands alternately in quick successin.
It also means doing several things simultaneously. It figuratively describes a person who is very capable, or one who is busy.
开弓，拉开弓弦射箭。
左右开弓，指左右手都能射箭。比喻两只手轮流做同一动作。
也指同时做几项工作。比喻能力很强，非常能干。也形容人忙碌的样子。
Example
Used as predicate, adverbial adjunct or object. (作谓语、状语、宾语)
1
Yǐngpiàn
影片
gāng
刚
kāishǐ
开始
jiù
就
shì
是
yī
一
gè
个
wǔdǎ
武打
de
的
huàmiàn
画面
:
yǒu
有
yī
一
gè
个
wēiwǔ
威武
shényǒng
神勇
de
的
xiǎohuǒzi
小伙子
zuǒyòukāigōng
左右开弓
,
bǎ
把
qībā
七八
gè
个
liúmáng
流氓
dá
打
de
得
sìchù
四处
táocuàn
逃窜
。
At the beginning of the film is a martial arts picture: there is a mighty young man left and right bow, seven or eight hooligans beat around to escape.
2
Shuǐdiàn
水电
xiūlǐ
修理
de
的
rèxiàn
热线
diànhuà
电话
kāitōng
开通
hòu
后
,
bàoxiū
报修
de
的
rén
人
hěn
很
duō
多
,
xiǎozhāng
小张
jīngcháng
经常
yào
要
zuǒyòukāigōng
左右开弓
jiētīng
接听
liǎngsān
两三
gè
个
diànhuà
电话
。
After the hotline for water and electricity repair was opened, there were many people reporting for repair, and Xiao Zhang often had to open a bow to answer two or three calls.
3
Jù
据
bàodào
报道
,
húnán
湖南
shěng
省
yǒu
有
wèi
位
lǎorén
老人
néng
能
zuǒyòukāigōng
左右开弓
,
shuāngguǎnqíxià
双管齐下
,
xiě
写
chū
出
tóngyī
同一
gè
个
zì
字
de
的
zhèngfǎntǐ
正反体
。
It is reported that an old man in Hunan Province can open a bow from left to right, two-pronged, write the same word of the positive and reverse.