下马 meaning in English
to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
Traditional 下馬6 strokes
Meaning of 下马
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiàmǎ
- to dismount from a horse
- (fig.) to abandon (a project)
下马 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
要怎么才能把他拉下马？
What will it take to bring him down?
Stroke order for each character
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下 xià · down · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
马 mǎ · horse · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
Related words
Words that share a character with 下马.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 马路 | mǎlù | street; road |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
Questions about 下马
What does 下马 mean?
下马 (xiàmǎ) means "to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)".
How do you write 下马?
下马 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 马 (3 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.
How is 下马 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 下马 is written 下馬.