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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
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
horse race / horse racing
Rome, capital of Italy
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
hippopotamus
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
Panama
zebra / CL:
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
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
Puma (brand)
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)
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
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
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament
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)
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
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
(official title) herald to the crown prince (in imperial China)
Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡, Henan
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
(in ancient times) Ferghana horse; (later) fine horse
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
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
variant of 砝碼|砝码
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
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
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse / out of control
(literary) inferior horse
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
to resort to bragging and flattering
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
stallion
horse capable of long expedition / army horse
to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback
pack horse
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
colt / pony
mare
male horse / stallion
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
mounted scout (arch.)

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