牡 mǔ
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mǔ
noun
male
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of animals (Unihan '牡') -
mǔ
noun
bolt of a door
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '牡')
Contained in
- 牡蛎(牡蠣) an oyster
- 牡牛 bull
- 辰牡 a male animal in season
- 牡丹 peony ; peony
- 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶(牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 牡羊座 Aries
- 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 天竺牡丹 dahlia
- 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 骊黄牝牡(驪黃牝牡) a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare; don't judge by outward appearance
- 牡丹坊 Peony Lane
- 牝鸡牡鸣(牝雞牡鳴) female chicken crows at daybreak; a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics
- 牡丹纹(牡丹紋) peony design
- 牝牡骊黄(牝牡驪黃) a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare; don't judge by outward appearance
- 牝牡 male and female
- 牡丹皮 root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
- 牡鹿 stag; buck
- 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Also contained in
牡丹亭 、 牡丹乡 、 牡丹江 、 牡丹区 、 牡丹卡 、 牡丹江地区 、 牡丹江市
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 7
- 喪服 第十一 11. Mourning attire The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 7
- 《卷十一‧馬部》 Scroll 11, Mǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 6
- 卷108之一 禮志四之一 Volume 108a Treatise 4: Rituals 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 6
- 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 5
- 卷十六 執贄第七十二 山川頌第七十三 求雨第七十四 止雨第七十五 祭義第七十六 循天之道第七十七 Scroll 16 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 5
- 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧四牡 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Si Mu The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 5
- 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧車攻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Che Gong The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 4
- 《釋獸》 Explanation of Beasts Er Ya 爾雅 — count: 4
Collocations
- 四牡 (四牡) 四牡有驕 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 50
- 玄牡 (玄牡) 敢用玄牡 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 47
- 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: 16
- 白牡 (白牡) 白牡騂剛 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 15
- 牡二 (牡二) 玄牡二駟 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 14
- 牡麻 (牡麻) 子游為之麻衰牡麻絰 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 10
- 黑牡 (黑牡) 黑牡秬黍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
- 牡丘 (牡丘) 盟于牡丘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
- 牡飞 (牡飛) 關動牡飛 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 7
- 牡孔 (牡孔) 四牡孔阜 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 5