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street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
cart / chariot / carriage / buggy
HSK 6
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Madrid, capital of Spain
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret
the Bahamas
campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
Muscat, capital of Oman
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
(idiom) to take the lead
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea
Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)
Mali (Tw)
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
Maxim machine gun
Mario (Nintendo video game character) / also transcribed variously as 馬里奧|马里奥, 馬力歐|马力欧 etc
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
Potomac River
Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
German mark
stirrup
male horse / stallion
(loanword) massage
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
pack horse
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
Amazon River
Panama Canal
western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus
female warrior role in Chinese opera
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 be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
Roman sandals / ankle-strap sandals
Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
original cast / former team
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
Malaysia
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
Romania
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
Matsu Islands
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *索* | 索* | *索
surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里, Somalia
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
gilt-edged securities
Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡爾·馬克思|卡尔·马克思
Himalayas
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
ultramarathon / abbr. for 超級馬拉松|超级马拉松
circus
HSK 7-9
Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Alabama, US state
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Panama
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
saber / cavalry sword
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
Hamas (radical Palestinian group)
the Himalayas
(math.) Fermat's Last Theorem
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (abbr. for 新加坡, aka 星洲 + 馬來西亞|马来西亚 + 泰國|泰国)
ancient Rome
Hermès (brand)
horse roundworm / parascaris equorum
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
Malaysian Malay (the official variety of Malay spoken in Malaysia)
Mariana Islands in the Pacific
marathon race
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
Martin (name)
(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
Amazon
sawhorse
Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
(bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)
the cutin skin of a horse's hoof / horseshoe
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury

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