木 马 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 宝 马 bǎo mǎ precious horse 黑 马 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner 骑 马 qí mǎ to ride a horse 白 马 bái mǎ white horse 上 马 shàng mǎ to get on a horse / to mount 天 马 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 山 羊 shān yáng goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse 坐 骑 zuò qí saddle horse / mount 下 马 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project) 马 匹 mǎ pǐ horse 千 里 马 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed 骏 马 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed 抽 筋 chōu jīn cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon 赛 马 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing 野 马 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 策 马 cè mǎ to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs 落 马 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) 马 屁 mǎ pì horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking 蛛 丝 马 迹 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue 海 马 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3ma3ti3]) 金 马 奖 Jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 木 马 病 毒 mù mǎ bìng dú Trojan horse (type of computer virus) 车 水 马 龙 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic 跨 上 kuà shàng to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc) 拍 马 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 眼 罩 yǎn zhào eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc) 特 洛 伊 木 马 Tè luò yī Mù mǎ Trojan horse 铁 马 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 跑 马 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream 单 枪 匹 马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied 马 步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 马 贼 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 快 马 加 鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible 亡 羊 补 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 种 马 zhǒng mǎ stallion / stud horse 奔 马 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse 心 猿 意 马 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 勒 马 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse 跃 马 yuè mǎ to gallop / to spur on a horse / to let one's steed have his head 骑 手 qí shǒu horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider 驿 马 yì mǎ post horse 脱 缰 tuō jiāng (of a horse etc) to break free from the reins / (fig.) to become unconstrained 骡 马 luó mǎ pack animal / horse and mule 竹 马 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 鞍 马 ān mǎ pommel horse (gymnastics) 悬 崖 勒 马 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 神 马 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] 害 群 之 马 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple 白 马 寺 Bái mǎ Sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China 按 图 索 骥 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 骑 师 qí shī jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian 马 房 mǎ fáng horse stable 马 horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess 六 畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog 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 骑 警 qí jǐng mounted police (on horse or motorbike) 龙 驹 lóng jū fine horse / brilliant young man 马 科 mǎ kē Equidae / horse family 马 失 前 蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness 马 驹 mǎ jū young horse (colt or filly) 马 革 裹 尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield 识 途 老 马 shí tú lǎo mǎ lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom) / fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague 驯 马 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse 老 马 识 途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes 欢 a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢[huan1] 套 车 tào chē to harness (a horse to a cart) 套 包 tào bāo collar part of horse harness 汗 马 hàn mǎ (lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马[han4 xue4 ma3]) 午 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) 乘 (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books 骑 to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses 骑 (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier 骗 to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over 驶 (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast / to speed / (of a vehicle) to run / to go / (of a boat) to sail 骆 camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic) 骏 spirited horse 驿 post horse / relay station 哒 (phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs) 骥 thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous 骁 good horse / valiant 骅 chestnut horse 骊 black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 秣 feed a horse with grain / horse feed 蹇 lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse 雒 black horse with white mane / fearful 骓 (literary) piebald horse 骠 white horse 鞴 to saddle a horse 猊 wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻 驽 (literary) inferior horse 蹓 to stroll / walk a horse 桫 horse chestnut / Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany) 骐 (literary) black horse 鞬 a quiver on a horse / a store 骝 bay horse with black mane 骀 tired / worn out horse 圉 horse stable / frontier 骎 fleet horse 骢 buckskin horse
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