thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression
trad. 萬馬齊喑
Also written 萬馬齊喑【wàn mǎ qí yīn】
Characters in this word
4万
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used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
- Pinyin
- mò
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1323 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
齐
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(name of states and dynasties at several different periods), surname Qi
- Pinyin
- Qí
- Traditional
- 齊
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6435 of 2500
喑
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mute
- Pinyin
- yīn
- Strokes
- 12