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thoroughbred horse
Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冀 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 驥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
thoroughbred horse | ||
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人 | ||
fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines | ||
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
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