In China, talented people are often described as "ten thousand mile horses".
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
千里马
lit. ten thousand mile horse
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. ten thousand mile horse
02
fine steed
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 千里马 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 千里马 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 千里马.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 千里马.
Directly before
- 得到千里马1
- 欣赏千里马1
- 看到千里马1
- 不是千里马1
Directly after
- 千里马的1
- 千里马呢1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 千里马
What does 千里马 mean in Chinese?
千里马 (qiānlǐmǎ) means lit. ten thousand mile horse.
How do you pronounce 千里马?
千里马 is pronounced qiānlǐmǎ.
Is 千里马 an HSK word?
千里马 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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