骊
骊
lí
black horse; jet steed; good horse; legendary black dragon
Traditional: 驪
Character Breakdown
Radical: 馬 (no. 187)Traditional: 驪
View stroke order →Definitions
- black horse
- jet steed
- good horse
- legendary black dragon
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Words Containing 骊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 骊山 | Lí shān | Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor | |
| 句骊河 | Jù lí Hé | pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] | |
| 探骊得珠 | tàn lí dé zhū | to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) | |
| 牝牡骊黄 | pìn mǔ lí huáng | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | |
| 骊姬之乱 | Lí Jī zhī Luàn | Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] | |
| 骊黄牝牡 | lí huáng pìn mǔ | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
Related Words
害群之马(hài qún zhī mǎ)— lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
→害马(hài mǎ)— lit. the black horse of the herd
→四象(sì xiàng)— four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
→探骊得珠(tàn lí dé zhū)— to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
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