下马 (下馬) xiàmǎ
xiàmǎ
phrase
to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '下馬')
Contained in
- 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马(捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬) one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor
- 下马威(下馬威) display of severity immediately on taking office; initial show of strength
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- 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
- 卷七十七 志第二十七下: 祭祀六 Volume 77 Treatises 30: Offerings 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 11
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7
- 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7
- 卷三十三 志第十四: 禮六 原廟 朝謁儀 朝拜儀 別廟 Volume 33 Treatises 14: Rites 6 - Original Shrines, Invocation Ceremonies, Pilgrimages, Other Temples History of Jin 金史 — count: 6
- 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 卷七十五 志第二十六: 祭祀四 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Offerings 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
- 第十五回 Chapter 15 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 卷七十三 志第二十四: 祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
Collocations
- 果下马 (果下馬) 漢廄有果下馬 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi — count: 10
- 鞍下马 (鞍下馬) 孤持鞍下馬相迎 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng — count: 6
- 下马解 (下馬解) 皆下馬解鞍 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李將軍列傳》 Biography of General Li — count: 4
- 下马踞 (下馬踞) 漢王下馬踞鞍而問曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu — count: 4
- 下马授 (下馬授) 下馬授光武 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 4
- 穆下马 (穆下馬) 都督李穆下馬授太祖 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷2 帝紀第2 文帝下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Wen 2 — count: 3
- 贼下马 (賊下馬) 賊下馬者皆不聽殺 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷80 朱瑞 叱列延慶 斛斯椿 賈顯度 樊子鵠 賀拔勝 侯莫 陳悅 侯淵 Volume 80: Zhu Rui, Chilie Yanqing, Hu Sichun, Jia Xiandu, Fan Zihu, He Basheng, Ho Mo, Chen Yue, Hou Yuan — count: 3
- 令下马 (令下馬) 令下马扶上之 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十八 魏書十八 二李臧文呂許典二龐閻傳 Volume 18: Book of Wei 18 - Biographies of the two Lis, Zang, Wen, Lü, Xu, Dian, the two Pangs, and Yan — count: 3
- 下马步 (下馬步) 虜下馬步進 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu — count: 3
- 下马仰天 (下馬仰天) 因下馬仰天而拜 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷48 列傳第13 楊素 Volume 48 Biographies 13: Yang Su — count: 2