的

see 的士[di1 shi4]

really and truly

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together

to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)

to hit the mark with a comment (idiom) / to say sth spot on

see 一語中的|一语中的[yi1 yu3 zhong4 di4]

(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special

a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)

not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with

to hit the target / to hit the nail on the head

(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on