马
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
马 character breakdown
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
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
Character component without intrinsic meaning
A sickle.
Character component without intrinsic meaning
Looks a bit like ⚡, thus I'll represent it by a lightning bolt.
Characters with 马 as component
and / to give / together with
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
ma / mom / mother
(Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier
to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
码
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石
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马
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Just when Mahatma Gandhi (m) and the unicorn (马) entered the ashram (a3) a giant rock (石) fell down and trapped them inside. There is an inscription written on it: if they ever want to leave, they will have to find the secret number (码) and say it out loud. There is also a hint: "how many roads must a man walk down?"
to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail
crow / black
abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2] / surname Wu
to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
to gallop / to assist / to attack / to wade / great / old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
to soar / to gallop / to prance / to turn over / to vacate / to clear
to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread
Words with 马
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
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
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom) / one bad apple spoils the barrel
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom) / fig. tumultuous / hubbub
riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept