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作马
作馬
zuòmǎ
1. trestle
2. carpenter's frame

Character Breakdown

作
zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
HSK 1 7 丶
马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3 3 丶

Compound Words (3)

呼牛作马
hūniúzuòmǎ
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
指鹿作马
zhǐlùzuòmǎ
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
当牛作马
dāngniúzuòmǎ
to work like a horse and toil like an ox

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