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马
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Definitions
- 1. horse
- 2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- 3. knight in Western chess
Example Sentences
1 shown马 上上 马 ！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 马
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)
Marathi language of west India
Marja (also spelled Marjah or Marjeh), agricultural district in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
Amazon River
Somalia
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
to ride out hawking (idiom); to hunt
intersection (of roads)
Manama, capital of Bahrain
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
horsewhip
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)
colt
Marat (name)
Madeira
Malaysia
Amazon
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
lit. light furs and stout horses
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation
Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[píng luó xiàn], Shizuishan 石嘴山[shí zuǐ shān], Ningxia
Maltese (person)
Magyar (language)
Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)
Maliki or Al-Maliki (name)
mythical horse
mommy
horseshoe
Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
to dismount from a horse
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
horse race
lit. spider's thread and horse track
Omar (Arabic name)
cavalry
Equuleus (constellation)
Macedonia
Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach
see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]
saddle-bag
Zuma (name)
Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
to resort to bragging and flattering
horsepower
stirrup
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017
Martin (name)
Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
Mali
Potomac River
Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼傳|中山狼传[zhōng shān láng zhuàn]
to play dumb
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
fig. a well-trained and powerful army
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
kumis
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
potato
red waistcoat
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
Marxism-Leninism
fine horse
mosaic (loanword)
warhorse
Maryland, US state
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hóu nián mǎ yuè]
herdsman (of horses)
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet
young horse (colt or filly)
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Amazon
buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[qīng dài] (1644-1911)
Marathi language of west India
Elon Musk (1971-), business magnate and co-founder of Tesla Motors
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[zā mǎ lá dīng]
to cross (a street)
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
Asmara, capital of Eritrea
Tibetan prayer flag
horse trainer
Yamaha
Markov process (math.)
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
(bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)
Styria (Steiermark), province of Austria
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
Mario (name)
Maria (name)
feral horse
Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001
sea horse
horse racing track
Malaya
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
Manaus (city in Brazil)
Maseru, capital of Lesotho
Alabama, US state
horse roundworm
Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan
lasso on long wooden pole
Dodoma, capital of Tanzania
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China
to gallop
Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[zá jù] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[yuán qǔ sì dà jiā]
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
Marjah, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Pyinmana, town in central Myanmar
Massachusetts, US state
Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city
Halmahera, an island of Indonesia
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
male horse
fig. a blessing in disguise
the Himalayas
Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India
to set out (on a campaign)
Amazon River
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān]
Ramadan (loanword)
muddle-headed
Oklahoma, US state
Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
Mark (name)
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[sī mǎ yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
the Holy Roman Empire (history)
circus
Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun
sth one wishes to conceal
Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
puffball (mushroom in the division Basidiomycota)
stepper motor
Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
stirrup
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
tarred road
romanization
horse
Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
lantana (botany)
Martha (biblical name)
lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed
Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
Hermès (brand)
Alabama, US state
Longmatan district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市[lú zhōu shì], Sichuan
aristolochic acid
(of a marching army) in utter silence
motor (loanword)
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
mare
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
manger
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[sī mǎ ráng jū]
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
unrelenting
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
armored horse
Machu Picchu
chariot
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan
Northern Mariana Islands
death during sexual intercourse
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia
to take the lead
vehicles and horses
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
racecourse
(literary) inferior horse
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean
Massachusetts, US state
Madrid, capital of Spain
original cast
(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple)
pack animal
see 竹馬之交|竹马之交[zhú mǎ zhī jiāo]
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
Romano (name)
stable
Baima Snow Mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
see 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛|是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu]
Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Marxism
Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[lín cāng], Yunnan
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Gumma prefecture in northern Japan
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
(bird species of China) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
Malbec (grape type)
at once
hippocampus
display of severity immediately on taking office
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hóu nián mǎ yuè]
Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
horse training ground
to harness a horse
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
Zhumadian prefecture in Henan
bandit; brigand
curb
horse race
Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
Matthew (name)
gilt-edged securities
Martinique (French Caribbean island)
mule
German mark
marker (loanword)
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[yuán xiāo jié]
men and horses
La Marseillaise
single-handedly (idiom)
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
very powerful army
Puma (brand)
thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
cart
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author
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
form (horse racing)
University of Manila
lit. stout horses and light furs
Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain
monkey (dialect)
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
Panama Canal
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
to die
chum salmon
Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique
Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
Gospel according to St Mark
Maximilian or Maximilien (name)
Ismail (name)
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
(official title) herald to the crown prince (in imperial China)
Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 1981-2003 and 2018-2020
gnu
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature
Mars (Roman God of War)
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
horse spur
Alabama, US state
the Latin alphabet
Samaria
Malaysian language
mounted scout (arch.)
to ride (a horse)
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì], known as the father of Chinese historiography
mare
Panama
Garden of Gethsemane
female warrior role in Chinese opera
post horse
zebra
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed
damson (fruit)
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
Malawi
Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
wooden ladle
chamber pot
Marcuse (philosopher)
Hamar (town in Norway)
Marburg virus
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
see 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yī mǎ mù]
stallion
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom)
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
Isle of Man, British Isles
Rome, capital of Italy
Lima, capital of Peru
caper
domestic horse
to follow everywhere
emperor's son-in-law
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
to follow blindly (idiom)
circus
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]
Malaya
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
Strait of Malacca
Mawei river through Fuzhou city
horseman
Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[fú zhōu shì], Fujian
tournament (contest in Western chivalry)
Malay Peninsula
horse hindquarters
Spanish mackerel
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26
to jaywalk
Ferghana horse
sawhorse
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
Northern Mariana Islands
Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
horse thief
the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s
young horse
Rémy Martin cognac
to ride a horse
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
Madagascar
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
mozzarella (loanword)
Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
formalin (loanword)
Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus
the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
Roman numerals
Oklahoma City
Magyar
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
Equidae
Malaysian (language)
ultramarathon
Romário
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu:2 chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ]
Damascus, capital of Syria
Ma'anshan prefecture-level city in Anhui
long time off
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田)
neither fish nor fowl
Malaysia
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[zā mǎ lá dīng]
good horse
Sea of Marmara
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Malaysian person or people
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom)
Himalayas
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
barn lantern
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense
Guatemala
Parmesan cheese
Limassol, Cyprus
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
Ma'anshan prefecture-level city in Anhui
carbine
spur (on riding boots)
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[zhào guó], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[cháng píng zhī zhàn] in 260 BC
horsepower
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
marimba (loanword)
Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)
Malaysia Airlines
lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom)
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom)
harness
Tsing Ma Bridge (to Hong Kong Airport)
Roman Catholicism
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River
Himalayas
to guide a horse with the reins
Malaysian language
tall
mohair (loanword)
Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[fú zhōu shì], Fujian
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
campstool
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[ā lǐ bā bā]
Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
to flatter
Hamas (radical Palestinian group)
lasso pole
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
Hummer (vehicle brand)
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
(bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
Oklahoma, US state
Bamako, capital of Mali
Guatemalan (person)
Centaurus (constellation)
Barkam County (Tibetan: 'bar khams rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
to do a martial-art squat
the Maldives
marathon (loanword)
BMW (car company)
see 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛[shā qí mǎ]
grass mud horse
hornet
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
Maxim machine gun
Battambang
Maputo, capital of Mozambique
Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus
Taklamakan (desert)
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
polo
Roman sandals
Massoud (name)
equestrianism
Gospel according to St Matthew
saddle
marathon race
Marconi, UK electronics company
(hairstyle) unplaited pigtails
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte
San Marino
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
hippocampus
at once
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
street
Manila, capital of Philippines
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng]
war exploits
crosswalk
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
lit. the black horse of the herd
Marshall (name)
riding boots
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[qí guó] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[sī mǎ fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
iris
Maltese (language)
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
to break in a horse
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
Las Palmas, Spain
lit. the horse loses its front hooves
Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓
face-plant
Malé, capital of Maldives
Matsu Islands
careless
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
camel cricket
to censor an image
Madagascar
Spanish mackerel
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Omaha
Alabama, US state
Malaysia
Majorca (island of Spain)
henchman
the Jockey Club, Hong Kong philanthropic organization (and former gentleman's club)
Zhumadian, prefecture-level city in Henan
stopwatch
Homer
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
mug (loanword)
hippopotamus
see 馬駒|马驹[mǎ jū]
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
gamma radiation
troika
Marx, Lenin and Mao
(in ancient times) Ferghana horse; (later) fine horse
corset
male horse
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
leech
(bird species of China) Malaysian plover (Charadrius peronii)
to let (sb) off
Panama City
to pick up a girl; to get a girl
Maspero (name)
warhorse; cavalry horse
Prince Charming
llama
travel-worn
the Church (as Royal Court)
Amazon
Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times)
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
Maastricht
Manitoba province, Canada
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
cargo wagon
caravan of horses carrying goods
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)
Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)
lit. firing after the horse
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[yuán xiāo jié]
lit. to exert one's horse
oxen and horses
flatterer
Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[píng luó xiàn], Shizuishan 石嘴山[shí zuǐ shān], Ningxia
Epistle of St Paul to the Romans
horse capable of long expedition
to distinguish horse and deer easily
Mahler (name)
St Malo, town in Normandy
wooden horse
tinplate
Marlow (name)
to fall off a horse
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan
ancient Rome
to go at full throttle
ponytail
to render one's humble services
eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus
lit. a worn-out horse is reluctant to leave the stable (idiom)
Maryland, US state
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记[hā kè bèi lì · fēn lì xiǎn jì]
to get on a horse
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[dà lín dá má hǎ yú]
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
stable
a careless person
sigma (Greek letter Σσ)
to cross the street
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Muscat, capital of Oman
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
Roman law
Mariana Islands in the Pacific
gamma rays
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
army life (idiom)
lackey
Malta
massage (loanword)
Aston Martin
Real Madrid (soccer team)
mule and horse carts
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi]
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
all roads lead to Rome
red deer
strawboard
Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晉|晋[jìn] after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝|晋武帝[jìn wǔ dì]
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[zā mǎ lá dīng]
lit. ten thousand mile horse
troops and horses
warhorse
Maharashtra (state in India)
(bird species of China) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)
saber
see 駑馬戀棧|驽马恋栈[nú mǎ liàn zhàn]
Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil
Marcus (name)
horse's hoof
Málaga, Spain
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells (loanword)
Masanjia town in Yuhong District 于洪區|于洪区[yú hóng qū] in Liaoning, known for its re-education through labor camp
Fermat's last theorem
bit
Trojan horse
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
the Horse's Head nebula
muffin (loanword)
Marrakech (city in Morocco)
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Marx (name)
Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[lín cāng], Yunnan
to work like a horse and toil like an ox
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
horse's back
Mach (name)
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[kāng dìng], Sichuan
Marshall Islands
Mayon (volcano in Philippines)
Martin furnace
The Bahamas
race course
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
Roman letters
water-filled barrier
horse's head
mashed potato
(fashion) Roman-style sandals
calla
millipede
Marxism-Leninism
Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
zebrafish
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera)
fig. a blessing in disguise
Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing
Colosseum (Rome)
wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
Mariana Islands in the Pacific
(lit.) to fall from a horse
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
horseshoe shape
Real Madrid soccer team
to win instant success (idiom)
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
centaur (mythology)
Zhumadian, prefecture-level city in Henan
martini (loanword)
toady
Thomas (male name)
childhood friend (idiom)
pack horse
(dialect) merchant (loanword)
plunger for unblocking toilet
Marx and Lenin
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Malay person or people
Mach number (fluid mechanics)
vault (gymnastics)
stallion
see 波托馬克河|波托马克河[bō tuō mǎ kè hé]
dark horse
Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
celestial horse (mythology)
startled horse
Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer
merry-go-round
Martini
horse stable
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom)
bring it on!
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom)
herd of horses
pommel horse (gymnastics)
tall and strong
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from \smart\)
Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver
Parmesan
Majorca (island of Spain)
groom
flush toilet
Magdeburg (German city)
Marseille, city in south France
lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom)
brown bear
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
careless
Maastricht (Netherlands)
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
Maya (civilization of central America)
Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)