虚发 (虛發) xūfā

xūfā verb to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '虛發')

Contained in

• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 卷十七　楚四 Chapter 17: Chu IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 2
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 卷六十一　列傳第四十九:　王盟 獨孤信 竇熾 賀蘭祥 叱列伏龜 閻慶 史寧 權景宣 Volume 61 Biographies 49: Wang Meng, Du Guxin, Dou Chi, He Lanxiang, Chilie Fugui, Yan Qing, Shi Ning, Quan Jingxuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 卷八十三　列傳第十三: 耶律休哥 耶律斜軫 耶律奚低 耶律學古 Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu History of Liao 遼史 — count: 1
• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 卷二百下 列傳第一百五十下: 朱泚 黃巢 秦宗權 Volume 200 Biographies 150: Zhu Ci, Huang Chao, Qin Zongchuan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 第十一回 Chapter 11 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
• 卷一百一十二 載記第十二 苻洪 苻健 苻生 Volume 112 Records 12: Fu Hong; Fu Jian; Fu Sheng; Fu Xiong; Wang Duo Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
• 卷三十六 Scroll 36 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1

Collocations

• 能虚发 (能虛發) 臣能虛發而下鳥 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷一 Scroll 1 — count: 7