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  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
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
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
Rémy Martin cognac
to resort to bragging and flattering
(Tw) Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
male horse / stallion / stud
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
(literary) inferior horse
horse race / horse racing
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
Rome, capital of Italy
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
Panama
zebra / CL:
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
variant of 砝碼|砝码
BMW (car company)
precious horse
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
at the gallop
the Bahamas
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
to ride a horse
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
Hummer (vehicle brand)
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
to get on a horse / to mount
Lima, capital of Peru
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
(zoology) sea horse / (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse
to fall off a horse
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
to gallop / to spur on a horse / to let one's steed have his head
very powerful army
to harness a horse / to lasso a horse
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
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
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera) / thunderbug
post horse
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
emperor's son-in-law
Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665), French mathematician
pommel horse (gymnastics)
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
(loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ)
stallion / stud horse
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
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
warhorse / armed forces; troops / (fig.) war; warfare
Dodoma, capital of Tanzania
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
vehicles and horses
Oklahoma, US state
Homer, poet of ancient Greece
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
gnu / wildebeest
vault (gymnastics)
troops and horses / military forces
lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family
(in ancient times) Ferghana horse; (later) fine horse
pack animal / horse and mule
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse / out of control
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
stallion
horse capable of long expedition / army horse
to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
colt / pony
mare
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
mounted scout (arch.)
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.
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
to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse
Alabama, US state

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