马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 栗子 lì zi chestnut syn 马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 马贼 馬賊 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 板栗 bǎn lì Chinese chestnut syn 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 勒马 勒馬 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 荸荠 荸薺 bí qí Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) syn 栗 lì chestnut syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 驯马 馴馬 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse 骅 驊 huá chestnut 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 骑马 騎馬 qí mǎ to ride a horse 山羊 shān yáng goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse 骑警 騎警 qí jǐng mounted police (on horse or motorbike) 抽筋 chōu jīn cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon syn 驾驭 駕馭 jià yù to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate syn 宝马 寶馬 bǎo mǎ precious horse 种马 種馬 zhǒng mǎ stallion / stud horse 眼罩 yǎn zhào eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc) 马匹 馬匹 mǎ pǐ horse syn 蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn 骑手 騎手 qí shǒu horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider 小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 白马 白馬 bái mǎ white horse 下马 下馬 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project) syn 坐骑 坐騎 zuò qí saddle horse / mount 上马 上馬 shàng mǎ to get on a horse / to mount syn 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 骏马 駿馬 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed syn 海马 海馬 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3ma3ti3]) 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn 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 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 落马 落馬 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 鞍马 鞍馬 ān mǎ pommel horse (gymnastics) syn 马头 馬頭 mǎ tóu horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou2], pier 悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 嘶叫 sī jiào to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh / to shout syn 千里马 千里馬 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking 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 站起 zhàn qǐ to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up syn 策马 策馬 cè mǎ to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs 马屁 馬屁 mǎ pì horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking 金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 木马病毒 木馬病毒 mù mǎ bìng dú Trojan horse (type of computer virus) 跨上 kuà shàng to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc) syn 特洛伊木马 特洛伊木馬 tè luò yī mù mǎ Trojan horse 走马 走馬 zǒu mǎ to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback 嘶鸣 嘶鳴 sī míng to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh 快马加鞭 快馬加鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible syn 奔马 奔馬 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse 心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn 跃马 躍馬 yuè mǎ to gallop / to spur on a horse / to let one's steed have his head 驿马 驛馬 yì mǎ post horse 脱缰 脫韁 tuō jiāng (of a horse etc) to break free from the reins / (fig.) to become unconstrained 骡马 騾馬 luó mǎ pack animal / horse and mule 神马 神馬 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] 白马寺 白馬寺 bái mǎ sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China 骑师 騎師 qí shī jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian 马房 馬房 mǎ fáng horse stable 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 龙驹 龍駒 lóng jū fine horse / brilliant young man syn 骗 騙 piàn to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over syn 骑 騎 qí to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses syn 骑 騎 jì (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier syn 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 尾 yǐ horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc syn 欢 驩 huān a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢[huan1] syn 驶 駛 shǐ (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast / to speed / (of a vehicle) to run / to go / (of a boat) to sail syn 哒 噠 dā (phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs) syn 午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn 马驹 馬駒 mǎ jū young horse (colt or filly) syn 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 骏 駿 jùn spirited horse syn 马后炮 馬後砲 mǎ hòu pào lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight 骆 駱 luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic) 骐 騏 qí (literary) black horse 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 马科 馬科 mǎ kē Equidae / horse family 蹶 jué to stumble / to trample / to kick (of horse) 