竹马 (竹馬)
zhú mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

竹马 (竹馬)
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zhú mǎ
  1. bamboo stick used as a toy horse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
富贵竹
fù guì zhú
  1. 1 lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen

Idioms (9)

势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort

Sample Sentences

忆童年时竹马青梅
yì tóngnián shí zhúmǎqīngméi
Remember how we were childhood playmates,
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他们两个是青梅竹马。
tāmen liǎng ge shì qīngméizhúmǎ 。
The two of them are childhood sweethearts.
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青梅竹马
qīngméizhúmǎ
Innocent feelings of puppy love.
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我们从小一起长大，连到高中都是上同一个学校，怎么说也是青梅竹马，你还有什么好担心的？
wǒmen cóngxiǎo yīqǐ zhǎngdà ，lián dào gāozhōng dōu shì shàng tóng yī ge xuéxiào ，zěnme shuō yě shì qīngméizhúmǎ ，nǐ háiyǒu shénme hǎo dānxīn de ？
We grew up together. We even went to the same high school. No matter how you look at it, it was puppy love. What is there for you to worry about?
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