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骊
驪
lí
1.
black horse
2.
jet steed
3.
good horse
4.
legendary black dragon
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (6)
骊山
Líshān
Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
句骊河
JùlíHé
pre-Han name of Liao River [[遼河|辽河<LiáoHé>]]
探骊得珠
tànlídézhū
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
pìnmǔlíhuáng
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
骊姬之乱
LíJīzhīLuàn
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<JìnWéngōng>]]
骊黄牝牡
líhuángpìnmǔ
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 4,825