百步穿楊

Chinese

	hundred	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	surname; poplar
trad. (百步穿楊)	百	步	穿	楊
simp. (百步穿杨)	百	步	穿	杨
Literally: “to shoot an arrow through a willow leaf at a hundred paces; to split a willow wand at a hundred paces”.

Derived from the story of the archer 養由基 (Yang Youji) as presented in Zhan Guo Ce.

百步穿楊

(figuratively, of archery, gun shooting, basketball, etc.) to shoot with great precision

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