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  *马* | 马* | *马
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *马* | 马* | *马
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Amazon
(idiom) to take the lead
Singapore and Malaysia (abbr. for 新加坡, aka 星洲 + Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚)
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom) / fig. tumultuous / hubbub
Maputo, capital of Mozambique (Tw)
potato
BMW (car company)
precious horse
(coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated
Gospel according to St Matthew
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
colt / pony
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead
(loanword) mug
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
Malay language
startled horse
Amazon River
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
to censor an image / to pixelate
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
Pegasus (constellation)
Hamas (radical Palestinian group)
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
Himalayas
Maltese (language)
caper
Amazon River
Manila, capital of Philippines
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
(hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches
Puma (brand)
the Himalayas
troops and horses / military forces
(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
cart / chariot / carriage / buggy
HSK 6
Rome, capital of Italy
to die / lit. to visit Marx / to pass away
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
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 + Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚 + Thailand 泰國|泰国
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Malaysia
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
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
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
troika
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family
Marxism-Leninism
to get on a horse / to mount
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
post horse
gamma rays
Hermès (brand)
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
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 go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (abbr. for 新加坡, aka 星洲 + 馬來西亞|马来西亚 + 泰國|泰国)
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏
Real Madrid (soccer team)
Roman law
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
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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