黑马
hēi mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

黑马
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hēi mǎ
  1. dark horse
  2. fig. unexpected winner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

黑
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
黑暗
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
黑眼圈
hēi yǎn quān
  1. 1 dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. 2 black eye
黑社会
hēi shè huì
  1. 1 criminal underworld
  2. 2 organized crime syndicate
黑色
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
天黑
tiān hēi
  1. 1 to get dark
  2. 2 dusk
慕尼黑
Mù ní hēi
  1. 1 München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
抹黑
mǒ hēi
  1. 1 to discredit
  2. 2 to defame
  3. 3 to smear sb's name
  4. 4 to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
  5. 5 to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
  6. 6 to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
拉黑
lā hēi
  1. 1 to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
  2. 2 abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
摸黑
mō hēi
  1. 1 to grope about in the dark
晒黑
shài hēi
  1. 1 to sunbathe
  2. 2 to tan
  3. 3 to get sunburnt
  4. 4 to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
漆黑
qī hēi
  1. 1 pitch-black
腹黑
fù hēi
  1. 1 (slang) outwardly kind but inwardly evil
  2. 2 two-faced
变黑
biàn hēi
  1. 1 to darken
起早贪黑
qǐ zǎo tān hēi
  1. 1 to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
黑乎乎
hēi hū hū
  1. 1 variant of 黑糊糊[hēi hū hū]
黑人
hēi rén
  1. 1 black person
  2. 2 an illegal
黑夜
hēi yè
  1. 1 night
黑客
hēi kè
  1. 1 hacker (computing) (loanword)
黑幕
hēi mù
  1. 1 hidden details
  2. 2 dirty tricks
  3. 3 dark secrets

Idioms (11)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
  1. 1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. pitch dark
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 disorderly
  5. 5 troubled times
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
  1. 1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
  2. 2 to misrepresent the facts
  3. 3 to invert right and wrong
黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn
  1. 1 darkness comes before dawn
  2. 2 things can only get better (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)
黑白不分
hēi bái bù fēn
  1. 1 can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right

Sample Sentences

没错，不过让人兴奋的是，中国队竟然成了一匹大黑马，获得了本次接力赛的亚军，对手如此强大，获得这个成绩也是很不容易啊！
méicuò ，bùguò ràngrén xīngfèn de shì ，zhōngguó duì jìngrán chéng le yī pǐ dà hēimǎ ，huòdé le běncì jiēlìsài de yàjūn ，duìshǒu rúcǐ qiángdà ，huòdé zhè ge chéngjì yě shì hěnbù róngyì ā ！
That's right, but what excited people was that the Chinese team was a bit of a dark horse, coming in second in the relay race. With such strong opponents, this in itself was quite an achievement!
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虽然"爱乐之城"是好片，我还是希望有点惊喜，比方说"月光男孩"还有"海边的曼彻斯特"就很有可能是黑马。
suīrán "àilèzhīchéng "shì hǎo piàn ，wǒ háishì xīwàng yǒudiǎnr jīngxǐ ，bǐfangshuō "yuèguāngnánhái "háiyǒu "hǎibiān de mànchèsītè "jiù hěn yǒu kěnéng shì hēimǎ 。
Although "La La Land" is a good film, I still hope for a surprise. Something like "Moonlight" or "Manchester by the Sea" could really be dark horses.
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黑马
hēimǎ
underdog, dark horse
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这就叫黑马。大家都看好，还赚什么呀？
zhè jiù jiào hēimǎ 。dàjiā dōu kànhǎo ，hái zhuàn shénme ya ？
That's why he's called a ''dark horse!" If everyone thinks he'll do well, how could you make money on him?
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但是上届韩国进了四强。我觉得亚洲这几支队伍还是有可能成为黑马的。
dànshì shàng jiè Hánguó jìn le sì qiáng 。wǒ juéde Yàzhōu zhè jǐ zhī duìwǔ hái shì yǒu kěnéng chéngwéi hēimǎ de 。
But Korea got into the semi-finals in the last tournament. I think these Asian teams still have a possibility to become the dark horses.
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不过我认为真正的黑马还是非洲的球队。大多数队员平时都在欧洲联赛踢球，所以技战术水平很高。
bùguò wǒ rènwéi zhēnzhèng de hēimǎ hái shì Fēizhōu de qiúduì 。dàduōshù duìyuán píngshí dōu zài Ōuzhōu liánsài tīqiú ，suǒyǐ jì zhànshù shuǐpíng hěn gāo 。
But I still think that the African teams are the dark horses that could go all the way. Most of their players are in European leagues. Their tactics and techniques are excellent.
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