角馬
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See also: 角马
Chinese[edit]
horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note |
horse; surname | ||
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trad. (角馬) | 角 | 馬 | |
simp. (角马) | 角 | 马 | |
Literally: “horned horse”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
角馬
- (literally) horned horse (metaphor for losing one's true features or an impossible occurrence)
- 次五,童牛角馬,不今不古。測曰:「童牛角馬,變天常也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yang Xiong, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, 2 BCE
- Cì wǔ, tóng niú jiǎomǎ, bù jīn bù gǔ. Cè yuē: “Tóng niú jiǎomǎ, biàn tiān cháng yě.” [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
次五,童牛角马,不今不古。测曰:「童牛角马,变天常也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- wildebeest; gnu (genus Connochaetes)
Synonyms[edit]
- (gnu): 牛羚 (niúlíng)
Related terms[edit]
- 童牛角馬/童牛角马 (tóng niú jué mǎ, “hornless oxen and horned horses; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript”)
- 馬生角/马生角 (mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
- 烏頭白,馬生角/乌头白,马生角 (wū tóu bái mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
- 天雨粟,馬生角/天雨粟,马生角 (tiān yù sù mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
- 天粟馬角/天粟马角 (tiān sù mǎ jiǎo, “impossibility”)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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角 | 馬 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 2 |
Noun[edit]
- (very rare) wildebeest; gnu
Synonyms[edit]
- ヌー (nū)
Proper noun[edit]
- a surname
- A given name.
- a surname
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