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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骑* | 骑* | *骑
to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *马* | 马* | *马
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
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  *骗* | 骗* | *骗
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
HSK 5
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  *匹* | 匹* | *匹
(bound form) matching; comparable to / (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair / classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]) / classifier for cloth: bolt / horsepower
HSK 5
to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate
HSK 7-9
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哒* | 哒* | *哒
(phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尾* | 尾* | *尾
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驿* | 驿* | *驿
post horse / relay station
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骏* | 骏* | *骏
spirited horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *策* | 策* | *策
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
relay station for post horses (old)
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
to ride a horse
saddle horse / mount
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驶* | 驶* | *驶
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骑* | 骑* | *骑
(Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier
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  *骍* | 骍* | *骍
horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse
small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驖* | 驖* | *驖
dark brown horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
precious horse
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
to get on a horse / to mount
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骁* | 骁* | *骁
good horse / valiant
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骥* | 骥* | *骥
thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骐* | 骐* | *骐
(literary) black horse
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
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
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *欢* | 欢* | *欢
a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *午* | 午* | *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)
vehicles and horses
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗒* | 嗒* | *嗒
(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞅* | 鞅* | *鞅
martingale (part of a horse's harness) / used in 鞅鞅
mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么
horse race / horse racing
armored horses / crack horsemen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骆* | 骆* | *骆
camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc) / cycling; horseback riding; motorbike riding
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider
sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雒* | 雒* | *雒
black horse with white mane / fearful
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驷* | 驷* | *驷
team of 4 horses
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秣* | 秣* | *秣
feed a horse with grain / horse feed
lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骅* | 骅* | *骅
chestnut horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骜* | 骜* | *骜
a noble steed (literary) / (of a horse) untamed / (fig.) (of a person) headstrong / Taiwan pr. [ao2]
stallion / stud horse
horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking
(of a horse etc) to break free from the reins / (fig.) to become unconstrained
cavalry / caravan of horses carrying goods
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬃* | 鬃* | *鬃
bristles / horse's mane
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬃* | 鬃* | *鬃
disheveled hair / horse's mane
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
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
to harness a horse / to lasso a horse
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
young horse (colt or filly)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驽* | 驽* | *驽
(literary) inferior horse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骈* | 骈* | *骈
(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style)
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圉* | 圉* | *圉
horse stable / frontier
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骉* | 骉* | *骉
a horde of horses
warhorse; cavalry horse / troops
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era
cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骢* | 骢* | *骢
buckskin horse
herdsman (of horses) / wrangler
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream

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