Ⅰ ❶ {动} (哺乳动物) horse: 母 ~ mare; 小 ~ pony; 种 ~ stallion; stud ❷ (象棋棋子) horse, one of the pieces in Chinese chess ❸ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 致远 Ma Zhiyuan Ⅱ (大) big: ~ 勺 ladle; ~ 蜂 hornet; wasp ◆马鞍 bridge piece; saddle; [美] Mc Clellan saddle; 马鞍形 saddle-shaped; the shape of a saddle; a falling-off between two peak periods; 马坝人 Mapa man; 马宝 {中药} bezoar of a horse; dust ball; Caculus Equi; 马鼻疽 {牧} glanders; 马鞭 horsewhip; romal; 马弁 [旧] (officer's) bodyguard; footman; 马表 {体} stopwatch; 马鳖 leech; 马不停蹄 make a hurried journey without stop; continuously; non-stop; nonstop; push on with one's journey without stop; 马步 pas de cheval; 马槽 manger; 马场 stud-farm; 马车 carriage; coach; cab; cart; turnout; dilly; hippomobile buggy; landau; 马齿徒增 having accomplished nothing despite one's advanced age; outgrow one's usefulness; be old and unfit for anything; have gotten old; advanced in age; 马齿苋 {植} Portulaca oleracea; verdolaga; purslane; pussley; 马刺 spur; 马达 motor; 马达加斯加 Madagascar; 马大哈 careless; forgetful; siwash; a careless person; scatter ̄ brain; 马刀 saber; sabre; 马到成功 win success immediately upon arrival; be accomplished instantly [in a moment]; carry out one's mission quickly; win instant success; gain an immediate victory [success]; with success the moment one arrives; 马道 packway; bridle path; bridle trail; bridle road; bridle way; 马德里 Madrid; 马灯 barn lantern; lantern; 马兜铃 {植} Aristolochia debilis; birthwort; pelican flower; Radix aristolochiae; 马队 a train of horses carrying goods; caravan; a contingent of mounted troops; cavalry马耳他 Malta; 马尔代夫 Maldives; 马尔加什语[人] Malagasy; 马贩子 horse dealer; horse coper; 马夫 groom; mafoo; mafu; horsekeeper; 马革裹尸 be wrapped in a horse's hide after death — die on the battlefield; be killed in battlefield; die in the last ditch; fall in battle; 马褂 mandarin jacket (worn over a gown); 马关条约 the Treaty of Shimonoseki; 马海绵 horse sponge; 马海毛[呢] mohair; 马赫数 {物} Mach number; 马赫主义 {哲} Machism; 马后炮 belated action or advice; belated effort; be too late; I-told-you-so remark; 马虎[糊] careless; casual; perfunctory; 马虎从事 discharge business carelessly; 马虎了事 finish the work perfunctorily; get sth. done in a slapdash manner; 马甲 armour for a horse; [方] vest; 马缰绳 leading rein; twitch; 马脚 sth. that gives the game away; 马厩 shieling; stable; 马驹(子) [口] colt; foal; pony; youngster; 马具 (horse) gear; 马靠鞍装, 人靠衣裳It's the saddle that makes the horse and the tailor, the man.; Fine feathers make fine birds.; Apparel makes the man.; 马克 mark; markka; 马克思 Marx (Karl, 1818-1883, 德国无产阶级革命家, 经济学家, 哲学家); 马克思列宁主义 Marxism-Leninism; 马克思主义 Marxism; 马克吐温 Mark Twain; 马裤 riding breeches; overall; jodhpur; jodhpur breeches; 马拉犁{农} horse-drawn plough; 马拉松 Marathon; Malamar; Malaphos; Malaspray; Malathiozoo; karbofos; kop-Thion; zithiol; [南非] mercaptothion; Emmatos; carbofos; Cythion; kypfos; marathon; malathion; malathiozoo; 马拉提语 Marathi; 马拉维 Malawi; 马来半岛 the Malay Peninsula; 马来群岛 the Malay Archipelago; 马来人 Malay; 马来西亚 Malaysia; 马来-印度尼西亚人 Malayo-Indonesian; 马来语 Malay (language); 马蓝 {植} acanthaceous indigo; 马里 Mali; 马里兰 Maryland; 马立克派 {伊斯兰教} the Malikite school; the Malikite sect; 马力 {物} {力} horsepower (h.p.); 马列主义 {简} Marxism-Leninism; 马蔺 {植} Chinese small iris; 马铃薯 potato; Irish potato; white potato; 马六甲海峡 the Strait of Malacca; 马笼头 head harness; bridle; pelham; halter; 马路 road; street; avenue; highway; 马鹿 {动} red deer; wapiti; cervus elaphus; 马骡 {动} mule; 马马虎虎 palter with something; careless; casual; make a hash of something; slack; sloppiness in doing work; sloppy; take [do] things in a slipshod [slapdash; perfunctory] manner; fair to middling; just passable; not so bad, not so good; just so-so; 马面鲀 {动} black scraper; 马那瓜 Managua; 马奶 mare's milk; 马尼拉 Manila; 马爬犁 skiforing; 马棚 stable; 马匹 horse; 马屁精 subservient; sycophant; spaniel; ear banger; creeper; banana oil; lickspittle; toady; 马屁拍到马腿上 rub [flatter] a person the wrong way; flatter sb. without achieving the desired purpose; 马其顿 Macedonia; Makedonia; Macedonia; 马其诺防线 Maginot Line; 马钱子 {植} vomiting nut; nux vomica; semen strychni; quaker button; 马前卒 pawn; cat's-paw; foot soldier [attendant going before officers]; pavisor; 马枪 pistol; carbine; 马球 {体} polo; 马肉 horseflesh; horsemeat; 马萨诸塞 Massachusetts; 马赛 Marseilles; 马赛克 {建} mosaic; 马上 at once; immediately; straight away; right away; at the drop of a [the] hat; 马上不知马下苦 No one knows the weight of another's burden.; 马上治天下 rule the world by force; 马勺 ladle; 马氏体 {冶} martensite; 马术 horsemanship; 马嘶 neigh; 马蹄 horse's hoof; [方] Chinese water chesfnut; eleoeharis tuberosa; waternut; Matai; 马蹄铁 horseshoe iron; horseshoe; U-shaped magnet; horseshoe magnet; 马蹄形 the shape of a hoof; U-shaped; 马桶 stool; nightstool; closestool; commode; honey bucket [pot]; 马头琴 {音} matouqin, 2-stringed instrument of the Monggol nationality; a bowed stringed instrument with a scroll carved like a horse's head, used by the Monggol nationality; 马王堆汉墓 Han tomb at Mawangdui; 马尾 horsetail; {解}cauda equina; 马尾松 {植} masson pine; pinus massoniana; 马戏 circus; 马戏团 circus troup; 马靴 gambado; riding boots; jackboots; 马仰人翻 The rider falls as the horse rears in fright.; men and horses thrown off their feet; There is a panic.; turned upside-down; utterly defeat ̄ed in battle; 马缨丹 {植} lantana; 马蝇 horse botfly; 马贼 [旧] mounted gangsters; 马扎 campstool; folding stool; 马掌 horseshoe; tip; 马桩 hitching post; 马鬃 horse's mane; 马祖岛 Mazu Island
【析形】象形字。甲骨文、金文字形像一匹马的形状,突出其长脸和鬃毛的特点。小篆字形逐渐线条化,初形不显。隶书字形变后马脚与马尾部分变作四点。今简化字作“马”,是繁体字的草书楷化。 【释义】《说文》:“怒也,武也。”本义是马,《说文》的解释是描述马的特点:高大健壮、善于奔跑。马也是古代运输和战争的重要力量。马的特点是性温驯善跑,汉语中从“马”的词语多与此有关。[千里马]通常是出类拔萃者的代称。[汗马功劳]指巨大的功绩。[天马行空]、[快马加鞭]、[一马当先]、[马不停蹄]表现勇往直前、纵横驰骋的风采。汉字中“马”也是一个部首,跟马或马的特点有关的字多从马,如驾、驭、腾、驮、驯、驰、骋等等。 【shape analysis】It is the pictograph character.In Oracle and Bronze Inscriptions,the character is shaped like a horse with its long face and hair underlined.This shape doesn't show in Small Seal script for its lines.When it came to Official script,the hooves and the tail changed into four dots. 【original meaning】Horse.