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  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
the Bahamas
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
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
male horse / stallion
pack horse
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. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
original cast / former team
Malaysia
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
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)
ultramarathon / abbr. for 超級馬拉松|超级马拉松
Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
Alabama, US state
Panama
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
ancient Rome
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
sawhorse
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
Alabama, US state
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
Rome, capital of Italy
very powerful army
Oklahoma, US state
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
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
hippopotamus
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
BMW (car company)
precious horse
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance / worthless object
(Tw) Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
to ride a horse
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time
Puma (brand)
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse
abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 + Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
young horse / colt / filly
horse capable of long expedition / army horse
zebra / CL:
Trojan horse
to ride out hawking (idiom); to hunt
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
at the gallop
domestic horse
(zoology) sea horse / (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
post horse
colt / pony
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
to fall off a horse
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
Homer, poet of ancient Greece
male horse / stallion / stud
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
Hummer (vehicle brand)
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  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
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.
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
vault (gymnastics)
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665), French mathematician
full marathon (abbr. for 全程馬拉松|全程马拉松) / the whole of Malaysia
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
Real Madrid soccer team / abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里
to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback
Manama, capital of Bahrain
mare
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么
to resort to bragging and flattering
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 take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
Ferghana horse
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse / out of control
pommel horse (gymnastics)
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
stallion / stud horse

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