马

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Character component without intrinsic meaning

to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)

to get on a horse / to mount

display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength

to take the lead

Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression

Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang

Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang

Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan

Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan

lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom) / fig. with great momentum / going full speed ahead

lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom) / one bad apple spoils the barrel

three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

troika

lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)

eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)