木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 草尼马 草尼馬 cǎo ní mǎ grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet 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 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 芝焚蕙叹 芝焚蕙歎 zhī fén huì tàn lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress 刍荛 芻蕘 chú ráo to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman 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 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 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 泥巴 ní bā mud syn 泥泞 泥濘 ní nìng muddy / mud 污泥 wū ní mud / sludge 泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 烂泥 爛泥 làn ní mud / mire syn 泥浆 泥漿 ní jiāng slurry / mud 泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide 拖泥带水 拖泥帶水 tuō ní dài shuǐ lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy syn 泥水 ní shuǐ muddy water / mud / masonry (craft) 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn 土坯 tǔ pī mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware syn 泥淖 ní nào mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament 出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn 泥 ní mud / clay / paste / pulp syn 磕 kē to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) syn 淖 nào slush / mud 鲮 鯪 líng mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella) 罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn 壒 ài dust / mud 墐 jǐn bury / plaster with mud 塱 lǎng raised bank / mud wall 泥封 ní fēng to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting 泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative 漜 yě mud 滤饼 濾餅 lǜ bǐng filtrate / solid residue produced by a filter / mud from filtering can sugar 脱泥 脫泥 tuō ní to remove mud / desliming (in coal production) 泥灶 泥竈 mud stove 二氧化钛废物 二氧化鈦廢物 titanium dioxide wastes / red mud 红泥 紅泥 titanium dioxide wastes / red mud 古柯煳 古柯糊 cocaïne mud 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it 无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 湴 bàn mud / slush / ooze 湴 pán to wade through water or mud 燕子衔泥垒大窝 燕子銜泥壘大窩 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle 齐膝 齊膝 qí xī level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc) 泼脏水 潑髒水 pō zāng shuǐ (fig.) to sling mud at / to smear / to slander 蹅 chǎ (coll.) to trudge (in mud, snow etc) 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization 青草 qīng cǎo grass 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.) 绿草 綠草 lǜ cǎo green grass 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish) 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 牧草 mù cǎo pasture / forage grass / pasturage 吃草 chī cǎo to graze / to eat grass 百草 bǎi cǎo all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora 草书 草書 cǎo shū grass script / cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 草鱼 草魚 cǎo yú grass carp syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 割草 gē cǎo mow grass 饲草 飼草 sì cǎo forage grass syn 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 葱葱 蔥蔥 cōng cōng verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc) syn 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 香茅 xiāng máo lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) 禾本科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family 打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) 