馬
horse
Details
Stroke Order
Cultural Context
Etymology
Pictograph of horse.
Symbolism
Horse, horse racing, mounted. Represents horse.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Riding a horse
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
意馬心猿
いばしんえん
it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check; it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
千軍万馬
せんぐんばんば
(having experienced) many battles; (having experienced) many battles
南船北馬
なんせんほくば
constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; constant travelling
馬耳東風
ばじとうふう
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears; utter indifference
鯨飲馬食
げいいんばしょく
drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor; drinking like a fish and eating like a horse
牛飲馬食
ぎゅういんばしょく
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse; heavy eating and drinking
心猿意馬
しんえんいば
(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions; (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
馬鹿慇懃
ばかいんぎん
overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness; overdone politeness
牛頭馬頭
ごずめず
horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell; horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell
白馬非馬
はくばひば
sophistry; sophism; false syllogism; sophistry
單槍匹馬
たんそうひつば
doing something on one's own without another's help; doing something on one's own without another's help
天馬行空
てんばこうくう
unconstrained creativity; bold and imaginative; (like a) a heavenly steed soaring across the skies; unconstrained creativity
Proverbs & Idioms
馬の耳に念仏
うまのみみにねんぶつ
Buddhist chanting to a horse's ear
Wasted advice on deaf ears
馬子にも衣装
まごにもいしょう
Even a packhorse driver looks good in fine clothes
Clothes make the man