馬賊
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Chinese[edit]
horse; surname | thief | ||
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trad. (馬賊) | 馬 | 賊 | |
simp. (马贼) | 马 | 贼 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
馬賊
- horse thief
- highwayman; mounted brigand
- 湖南也打仗;大連仍然房租貴;察哈爾,吉林,黑龍江罷,——聽說有馬賊,也不行!…… [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1920, Lu Xun, 幸福的家庭 (A Happy Family), translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang
- Húnán yě dǎzhàng; Dàlián réngrán fángzū guì; Cháhā'ěr, Jílín, Hēilóngjiāng bà, — tīngshuō yǒu mǎzéi, yě bùxíng!...... [Pinyin]
- There is fighting in Hunan too; the rents in Dairen have gone up again. In Chahar, Kirin and Heilungkiang I have heard there are brigands, so they won't do either! ...
湖南也打仗;大连仍然房租贵;察哈尔,吉林,黑龙江罢,——听说有马贼,也不行!…… [MSC, simp.]