天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 汗血马 汗血馬 hàn xuè mǎ (in ancient times) Ferghana horse / (later) fine horse 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 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]) 罚款 罰款 fá kuǎn to fine / penalty / fine (monetary) syn 滞纳金 滯納金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine / late fine 细粒 細粒 xì lì fine grain / fine-grained 一线之间 一線之間 yī xiàn zhī jiān a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction 一线之隔 一線之隔 yī xiàn zhī gé a fine line / a fine distinction 细颗粒物 細顆粒物 xì kē lì wù fine particle (PM 2.5) / fine particulate matter (air pollution etc) 千里马 千里馬 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed syn 骏马 駿馬 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed syn 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 龙驹 龍駒 lóng jū fine horse / brilliant young man syn 騉 kūn fine horse 骥骜 驥驁 jì ào fine horse / thoroughbred 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 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 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 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 琪 qí (literary) fine jade 琦 qí (literary) fine jade 玿 sháo (literary) a kind of fine jade 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 骐 騏 qí (literary) black horse 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] 𫘬 騱 xí (literary) horse with white forelegs 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 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 