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HSK
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
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
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
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
horsepower
HSK 7-9
circus
HSK 7-9
Marathi language of west India
female warrior role in Chinese opera
Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan / Maasai people of Kenya
Rémy Martin cognac
crosswalk / zebra crossing
horsepower
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
the Maldives
young horse (colt or filly)
Massachusetts, US state
to resort to bragging and flattering
(Tw) Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
Somalia
Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
(Tw) Somalia
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
Marxism
male horse / stallion / stud
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle
plunger for unblocking toilet
Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017
abbr. for Marx 馬克思|马克思, Engels 恩格斯, Lenin 列寧|列宁 and Stalin 斯大林
cargo wagon
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
(literary) inferior horse
Las Palmas, Spain
potato
Malawi
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
Machu Picchu
(loanword) martini
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
Maslow (surname) / Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), US psychologist
Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
cavalry / caravan of horses carrying goods
Mali (Tw)
Marseille, city in south France / Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
the Church (as Royal Court) / the Holy See / the Vatican
Mark (name)
mark (monetary unit)
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
Elon Musk (1971-), business magnate and co-founder of Tesla Motors
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Malaysia
horse race / horse racing
Amazon
(loanword) motor
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
Ma'anshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
spur (on riding boots)
Northern Mariana Islands
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China
Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
Rome, capital of Italy
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
Malaya / Malaysia
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
(Tw) Guatemala
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
Malta (Tw)
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
Panama
Colosseum (Rome)
(loanword) marathon
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)
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
stopwatch
variant of 砝碼|砝码
BMW (car company)
precious horse
Madrid, capital of Spain
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site

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