Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- nǔ
English
- cross-bow, bow
- crossbow
- downward stroke
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Words containing 弩
- 石弩sek6 nou5
catapult
- 弩兵nou5 bing1
archer
- 弩砲nou5 paau3
catapult
- 弓弩gung1 nou5
bow and crossbow
- 弩手nou5 sau2
Crossbow men
- 弩弓nou5 gung1
crossbow
- 劍拔弩張gim3 bat6 nou5 zoeng1
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
- 弓弩手gung1 nou5 sau2
crossbow shooter
- 強弩之末koeng4 nou5 zi1 mut6
(lit.) an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)