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HSK
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
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  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
cart / chariot / carriage / buggy
HSK 6
horsepower
HSK 7-9
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
circus
HSK 7-9
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
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
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
fine horse / steed
HSK 7-9
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
Romania
Malaysia
Somalia
Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
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  *壓* | 壓* | *壓
(Tw) Somalia
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
Himalayas
Marxism
warhorse
Amazon
Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
potato
Malawi
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
He County or Hexian, a county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山, Anhui
Gospel according to St Matthew
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)
Manila, capital of Philippines
Marshall Islands
(loanword) martini
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
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  *索* | 索* | *索
surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里, Somalia
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
cavalry / caravan of horses carrying goods
Marseille, city in south France / Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Mark (name)
mark (monetary unit)
Malaysia
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
Elon Musk (1971-), business magnate and co-founder of Tesla Motors
San Marino (Tw)
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
horse race / horse racing
motor (loanword)
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
Ma'anshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
Northern Mariana Islands
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China
Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
Rome, capital of Italy
Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
Malaya / Malaysia
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
hippopotamus
Mali
Guatemala (Tw)
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
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  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
Malta (Tw)
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
Panama
marathon (loanword)
zebra / CL:
Macedonia
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛, a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan)
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马 or 諸葛|诸葛)
Queshan county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Xincai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
BMW (car company)
precious horse
Madrid, capital of Spain
millipede
horse
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
the Maldives (Tw)
Aston Martin
corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect)
mosaic (loanword) / pixelation
Mali (Tw)
circus
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
Oklahoma City

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