马
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- 1. horse
- 2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- 3. knight in Western chess
Words Containing 马
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
at once
horsepower
lit. firing after the horse
circus
chamber pot
careless
street
cart
fine horse
dark horse
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
to take the lead
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom)
troika
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
to get on a horse
to dismount from a horse
display of severity immediately on taking office
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
to jaywalk
Alabama, US state
Alabama, US state
Amazon
Amazon River
Amazon
Amazon River
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom)
riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
Rémy Martin cognac
men and horses
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
tall and strong
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
see 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yī mǎ mù]
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
gamma rays
gamma radiation
sawhorse
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
Oklahoma, US state
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma, US state
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
stallion
male horse
fig. a well-trained and powerful army
troops and horses
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
to set out (on a campaign)
female warrior role in Chinese opera
Lima, capital of Peru
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
Limassol, Cyprus
to go at full throttle
to guide a horse with the reins
fig. a blessing in disguise
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
horsepower
lit. ten thousand mile horse
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
centaur (mythology)
Centaurus (constellation)
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
Guatemala
Guatemalan (person)
original cast
ancient Rome
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
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi]
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
“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]
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]
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]
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān]
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
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
to resort to bragging and flattering
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
Hamas (radical Palestinian group)
Hamar (town in Norway)
Halmahera, an island of Indonesia
the Himalayas
Himalayas
Himalayas
single-handedly (idiom)
lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed
chariot
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Taklamakan (desert)
fig. a blessing in disguise
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
to fall off a horse
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Dodoma, capital of Tanzania
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
Malaysia
chum salmon
Damascus, capital of Syria
damson (fruit)
see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[dà lín dá má hǎ yú]
celestial horse (mythology)
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
to harness a horse
lasso on long wooden pole
Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017
Omaha
Omar (Arabic name)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus
Garden of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
lit. the black horse of the herd
domestic horse
BMW (car company)
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
colt
Equuleus (constellation)
The Bahamas
Panama
Panama City
Panama Canal
Parmesan cheese
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
Bamako, capital of Mali
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Parmesan
young horse
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Puma (brand)
Pyinmana, town in central Myanmar
horse capable of long expedition
German mark
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
Hummer (vehicle brand)
Hermès (brand)
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
warhorse
army life (idiom)
warhorse
to play dumb
to censor an image
Thomas (male name)
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
to pick up a girl; to get a girl
flush toilet
Las Palmas, Spain
Ramadan (loanword)
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
to flatter
flatterer
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)
mounted scout (arch.)
Samaria
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
to let (sb) off
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
bring it on!
to render one's humble services
zebra