chollima
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Korean 천리마 (cheollima).
Noun
[edit]chollima (plural chollimas)
- A mythical horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology.
- 1972 October 1, Nark Gaya, quoting Editor Pak, “The cult of Kim”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 09, 2024, Section SM, page 16[2]:
- Comrade Kim asked the workers to work with the speed of Chollima, the legendary winged horse. They did. The production was soon doubled from 60,000 tons a year to 120,000, and it has kept rising ever since.