归心似箭

歸心似箭

guīxīnsìjiàn

idiom #84,483

Meanings

1 to long eagerly to return home; heart set on getting home as swiftly as an arrow

Chūnjié kuài dào le, zài wài dǎgōng de rén gègè guīxīnsìjiàn.

With Spring Festival approaching, every migrant worker is dying to get home.

Chūchāi yí ge yuè hòu, tā guīxīnsìjiàn, hènbude mǎshàng fēi huí jiā.

After a month on the road, he was desperate to get home and wished he could fly back right away.

memory

归 = return home, 心 = heart, 似箭 = like an arrow. Picture your homesick heart zooming home like an arrow shot from a bow.

归 guī

心 xīn

似 sì

箭 jiàn