马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 怪兽 怪獸 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn 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) 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 马贼 馬賊 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 伏羲 fú xī Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing 神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth 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 姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] 貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn 香巴拉 xiāng bā lā Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism) 离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 鸾 鸞 luán mythical bird related to phoenix syn 禹 yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn 驯马 馴馬 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse 舜 shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader 羲 xī same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1], a mythical emperor / surname Xi 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 狻 suān (mythical animal) 秣 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed syn 蹇 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse syn 鲧 鯀 gǔn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3] 虺 huǐ mythical venomous snake 蜮 yù mythical creature / toad / worm 獍 jìng a mythical animal that eats its mother 鹣 鶼 jiān mythical bird with one eye and one wing / see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1] 貔 pí see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male) syn 貅 xiū see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female) 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 马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) syn 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 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 