| | horse / CL: 匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess | HSK 3 |
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| | to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses | HSK 2 |
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| | (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 |
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| | spirited or untamed horse | |
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| | (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember | |
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| | lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence | |
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| | (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books | |
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| | lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard | |
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| | (Chinese chess) horse; knight (on the red side) | |
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| | to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | HSK 5 |
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| | goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse | |
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| | lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom) / fig. tumultuous / hubbub | |
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| | precious horse | |
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| | fine horse / brilliant young man | |
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| | to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield | |
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| | (phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs) | |
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| | lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead | |
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| | 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 |
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| | startled horse | |
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| | old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond | |
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| | post horse / relay station | |
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| | to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh / to shout | |
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| | horse for relaying dispatches | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | dark horse / fig. unexpected winner | HSK 7-9 |
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| | horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc | |
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| | to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart | |
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| | troops and horses / military forces | |
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| | lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army | |
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| | men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur | |
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| | Trojan horse (type of computer virus) | |
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| | 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 |
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| | to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible | |
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| | to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project) | |
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| | lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family | |
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| | to get on a horse / to mount | |
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| | precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury | |
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| | fine horse / steed | HSK 7-9 |
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| | post horse | |
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| | to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) | |
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| | to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up | |
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| | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends | |
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| | saddle horse / mount | |
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| | lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways | |
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| | lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse | |
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| | lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time | |
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| | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog | |
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| | ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) | |
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| | lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff | |
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| | endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic | |
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| | Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom) | |
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| | lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes | |
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| | lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse / out of control | |
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| | lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed | |
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| | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | |
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| | stallion / stud horse | |
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| | a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild) | |
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| | Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002) | |
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| | (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus | |
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| | young horse / colt / filly | |
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| | the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China | |
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| | lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom) | |
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| | just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb) | |
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| | lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue | |
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| | cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon | |
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| | lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it | |
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| | lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind | |
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| | (Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away / (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier | |
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| | riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued | |
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| | feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse | |
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| | small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance | |
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| | figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) | |
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| | lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied | |
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| | jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian | |
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| | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | |
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| | mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) | |
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| | (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse | |
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| | making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation | |
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| | to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse | |
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| | 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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| | lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid | |
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| | to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. | |
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| | to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh | |
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| | Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding | |
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| | to harness a horse / to lasso a horse | |
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| | horse capable of long expedition / army horse | |
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| | to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective | |
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| | (literary) pony / (of a horse) walking leisurely | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards | |
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| | (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times) | |
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| | martingale (part of a horse's harness) / used in 鞅鞅 | |
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| | horse | |
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| | (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) | |
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| | mounted police (on horse or motorbike) | |
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| | mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike) | |
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