Chinese Notes

马 (馬) mǎ

mǎ noun horse
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 老馬識途 'an old horse knows the road', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'L50'; Guoyu '馬' n 1; Kroll 2015 '馬' 1, p. 292; Unihan '馬')
mǎ noun Kangxi radical 187
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Horse (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '馬' n 4)
mǎ proper noun Ma
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '馬' n 3; Kroll 2015 '馬' 7, p. 292; Unihan '馬')
mǎ noun historic tool for tallying numbers
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Made from a bamboo strip (Guoyu '馬' n 2; Kroll 2015 '馬' 6, p. 292; )

Contained in

驴年马月(驢年馬月) year of the donkey, month of the horse; an unknown time
挂马(掛馬) Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program
马𬬰(馬鎗) carbine
策马(策馬) to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
马绍尔群岛(馬紹爾群島) Marshall Islands
马里亚纳海沟(馬里亞納海溝) Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
利马窦(利馬竇) Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
放马过来(放馬過來) bring it on!; give me all you got!
马列(馬列) Marx and Lenin
斗鸡走马(鬥雞走馬) cock-fighting and horse-racing; to gamble
撒马利亚(撒馬利亞) Samaria
驯马场(馴馬場) horse training ground
洗马(洗馬) herald to the crown prince
兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war
马库色(馬庫色) Marcuse
下马(下馬) to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
马但(馬但) Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
穿马路(穿馬路) to cross (a street)
伽马(伽馬) gamma
马苏里拉(馬蘇里拉) mozzarella
汗马(汗馬) a horse's sweat; the toil of war; a warhorse ; a breed of horse red in color
马赛曲(馬賽曲) La Marseillaise
招军买马(招軍買馬) recruit soldiers and buy horses ; to recruit staff for a business
北马里亚纳群岛(北馬里亞納群島) Northern Mariana Islands
马刺(馬刺) riding spurs
褐马鸡(褐馬雞) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
露出马脚(露出馬腳) to reveal the cloven foot; to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons; get ready for battle

Also contained in

托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特、康马县、爱马仕、司马聃、马克沁、亚拉巴马州、马可·奥勒留、马列主义、马尔代夫、马村、马提尼克、古罗马、欧巴马、马图拉、苏我马子、东罗马帝国、大马士革、马尾区、马托格罗索、茶马古道、巴马县、彬马那

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卷一百九十八志第一百五十一兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 374
《卷十一‧馬部》 Scroll 11, Mǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 216
卷九十二志第六十八兵四 Volume 92 Treatises 68: Military 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 123
卷三百三十二列傳第二百二十西域四 Volume 332 Biographies 220: Western Regions 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 108
卷八十志第五十六食貨四 Volume 80 Treatises 56: Finance and Economics 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 81
卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 81
第十五回 Chapter 15 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 74
卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 69
第九十九回 Chapter 99 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 67
卷二百〇五　　列傳第九十二: 姦臣 Volume 205 Biographies 92: Treacherous Ministers History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64

Collocations

牡马 (牡馬) 駉駉牡馬 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 4
马陵 (馬陵) 同盟于馬陵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
马维 (馬維) 我馬維駒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧皇皇者華 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Huang Huang Zhe Hua — count: 4
马曰 (馬曰) 大子與郭榮扣馬曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
思马 (思馬) 思馬斯臧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 4
马正 (馬正) 季氏以公鉏為馬正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
饮马 (飲馬) 將飲馬於河而歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — count: 3
马师 (馬師) 因馬師頡介于襄庫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
子马 (子馬) 閔子馬見之曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3