gǔ
鹄
target for archery
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
target; bull's-eye (in archery)
literaryA literary/archaic term for an archery target. The character 鹄 (gǔ) is rarely used in modern colloquial Chinese with this meaning.
Bǎi百
bù步
chuān穿
yáng杨
，
yī一
jiàn箭
zhòng中
gǔ鹄
。
He shot through a willow leaf at a hundred paces, hitting the bull's-eye with a single arrow.
Tā他
de的
jiàn箭
fǎ法
jīng精
zhǔn准
，
jiàn箭
jiàn箭
zhòng中
dì的
，
cóng从
bù不
piān偏
lí离
gǔ鹄
xīn心
。
His archery skills are precise; every arrow hits its mark, never straying from the target's center.