鞅
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- 1. martingale (part of a horse's harness)
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Words Containing 鞅
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[qín guó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[qín cháo]
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
wooden yoke for a draft ox
lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
(literary) busy (with work etc)
ox harnessed for plowing
dissatisfied; displeased; aggrieved