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  *马* | 马* | *马
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
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  *马* | 马* | *马
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
Singapore and Malaysia (abbr. for 新加坡, aka 星洲 + Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚)
BMW (car company)
precious horse
(coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
colt / pony
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
startled horse
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
Malaysia
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
Puma (brand)
troops and horses / military forces
Rome, capital of Italy
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
(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
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
Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
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
to get on a horse / to mount
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
post horse
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
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
Alabama, US state
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
warhorse / armed forces; troops / (fig.) war; warfare
full marathon (abbr. for 全程馬拉松|全程马拉松) / the whole of Malaysia
hippopotamus
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse / out of control
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
stallion / stud horse
a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
young horse / colt / filly
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
the Bahamas
merry-go-round / carousel
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
Rémy Martin cognac
zebra / CL:
original cast / former team
Alabama, US state
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
warhorse
(Tw) Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
water-filled barrier
at the gallop
Real Madrid soccer team / abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里
vault (gymnastics)
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.
to harness a horse / to lasso a horse
Panama
horse capable of long expedition / army horse
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
horse race / horse racing
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
centaur (mythology)
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
(zoology) sea horse / (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse
Oklahoma, US state (Tw)
Homer, poet of ancient Greece
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665), French mathematician
to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse
stallion
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance / worthless object
Ferghana horse
to resort to bragging and flattering
male horse / stallion / stud
ancient Rome
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018
to ride a horse
Hummer (vehicle brand)
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
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
good horse
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream

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