木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 害马 害馬 hài mǎ lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 𫘝 駃 kuài (literary) fast horse / (literary) fast (variant of 快[kuai4]) 伭 xián (literary) cruel / ruthless / (literary) dark red / black 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 马贼 馬賊 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 勒马 勒馬 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse 马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 驯马 馴馬 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse 秣 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed syn 蹇 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse syn 騺 zhì heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding 骍 騂 xīng horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse 脱缰之马 脫韁之馬 tuō jiāng zhī mǎ lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom) / runaway horse / out of control 騑 fēi side horse (in a team of harnessed horses) / horse 汗血马 汗血馬 hàn xuè mǎ (in ancient times) Ferghana horse / (later) fine horse 套马 套馬 tào mǎ to harness a horse / to lasso a horse 征马 征馬 zhēng mǎ horse capable of long expedition / army horse 普氏野马 普氏野馬 pǔ shì yě mǎ 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 木马计 木馬計 mù mǎ jì wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse) 杀君马者道旁儿 殺君馬者道旁兒 shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér 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) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 骆 駱 luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic) 雒 luò black horse with white mane / fearful 骝 騮 liú bay horse with black mane 駹 máng black horse with a white face 驈 yù black horse with white legs 驔 tán black horse 駯 zhū black muzzle (of a horse) 驔 diàn black horse 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 皁 zào black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them 乌黑色 烏黑色 wū hēi sè black / crow-black 信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out 玄色 xuán sè black (without gloss) / black with a hint of red in it 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 奔马 奔馬 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse 骧 驤 xiāng (literary) to run friskily (of a horse) / to raise / to hold high syn 骓 騅 zhuī (literary) piebald horse syn 骜 驁 ào a noble steed (literary) / (of a horse) untamed / (fig.) (of a person) headstrong / Taiwan pr. [ao2] syn 驽 駑 nú (literary) inferior horse syn 鞚 kòng (literary) bridle (of a horse) 骣 驏 chǎn (literary) to ride a horse without a saddle 鞥 ēng (literary) reins (for a horse) 骕骦 驌驦 sù shuāng (literary) good horse 款段 kuǎn duàn (literary) pony / (of a horse) walking leisurely 𫓹 錤 jī hoe / to go up / to fall / rainbow / mist / (literary) bit (of a horse's bridle) 𬭸 鏻 lín phosphonium / (literary) horse with a dappled coat 枊 àng (literary) post for tethering a horse 驽马 駑馬 nú mǎ (literary) inferior horse syn 𬳶 駉 jiōng (literary) (of a horse) stout / sturdy 𫘦𬳿 騊駼 táo tú (literary) a well-regarded type of horse native to the northern regions, particularly associated with the Xiongnu people 匈奴[Xiong1nu2] 骐𬴊 騏驎 qí lín (literary) fine horse / variant of 麒麟[qi2lin2] 𫘬 騱 xí (literary) horse with white forelegs 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 牻 máng (literary) black and white cattle 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 