无的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

无 wú
HSK 4
negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
的 dì
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
放 fàng
HSK 3
put, release, free, liberate
矢 shǐ arrow, dart; vow, swear