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  *骑* | 骑* | *骑
to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
HSK 2
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  *马* | 马* | *马
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
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  *骗* | 骗* | *骗
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
HSK 5
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  *匹* | 匹* | *匹
(bound form) matching; comparable to / (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair / classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]) / classifier for cloth: bolt / horsepower
HSK 5
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate
HSK 7-9
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
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  *駬* | 駬* | *駬
(horse)
horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿 and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
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  *蹓* | 蹓* | *蹓
to stroll / walk a horse
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
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  *骣* | 骣* | *骣
(literary) to ride a horse without a saddle
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
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  *骏* | 骏* | *骏
spirited horse
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  *策* | 策* | *策
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
saddle horse / mount
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  *輂* | 輂* | *輂
horse carriage (old)
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騕* | 騕* | *騕
name of a fabulous horse
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  *驶* | 驶* | *驶
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail
minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
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  *骑* | 骑* | *骑
(Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier
small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
to ride a horse
precious horse
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  *骥* | 骥* | *骥
thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
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  *骁* | 骁* | *骁
good horse / valiant
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *午* | 午* | *午
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
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  *驵* | 驵* | *驵
powerful horse
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  *骀* | 骀* | *骀
tired / worn out horse
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
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  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
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  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
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  *嗒* | 嗒* | *嗒
(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
(of a horse etc) to break free from the reins / (fig.) to become unconstrained
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尾* | 尾* | *尾
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc
horse
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  *驲* | 驲* | *驲
horse for relaying dispatches
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  *驷* | 驷* | *驷
team of 4 horses
mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么
horse race / horse racing
lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
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  *骆* | 骆* | *骆
camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
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  *驿* | 驿* | *驿
post horse / relay station
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider
(zoology) sea horse / (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雒* | 雒* | *雒
black horse with white mane / fearful
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
armored horses / crack horsemen
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骅* | 骅* | *骅
chestnut horse
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  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
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  *骜* | 骜* | *骜
a noble steed (literary) / (of a horse) untamed / (fig.) (of a person) headstrong / Taiwan pr. [ao2]
stallion / stud horse
horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom) / fig. tumultuous / hubbub
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
to harness a horse / to lasso a horse
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
post horse
to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart
young horse (colt or filly)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驽* | 驽* | *驽
(literary) inferior horse
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  *骈* | 骈* | *骈
(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style)
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骐* | 骐* | *骐
(literary) black horse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圉* | 圉* | *圉
horse stable / frontier
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骉* | 骉* | *骉
a horde of horses
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon
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  *骢* | 骢* | *骢
buckskin horse

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