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作马

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zuò mǎ

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  1. 1. sawhorse

Words Containing 作马

呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ

to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it

指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ

to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

当牛作马
dāng niú zuò mǎ

to work like a horse and toil like an ox

Child Words of 作马

作
zuō

worker

作
zuò

to do; to engage in

马
mǎ

horse

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