马蹄 (馬蹄)
mǎ tí
Pinyin

Definition

马蹄 (馬蹄)
 - 
mǎ tí
  1. horse's hoof
  2. horseshoe
  3. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (11)

猪蹄
zhū tí
  1. 1 pig trotters
马不停蹄
mǎ bù tíng tí
  1. 1 unrelenting
  2. 2 without stopping to rest
蹄子
tí zi
  1. 1 hoof
  2. 2 (old) wench
  3. 3 hussy
马失前蹄
mǎ shī qián tí
  1. 1 lit. the horse loses its front hooves
  2. 2 fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
马蹄
mǎ tí
  1. 1 horse's hoof
  2. 2 horseshoe
  3. 3 Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

Idioms (1)

人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes

Sample Sentences

是因为哒哒的马蹄，引人相思？是因为浓浓的秋意，教人心碎？
shì yīnwèi dádá de mǎtí ，yǐnrén xiāngsī ？shì yīnwèi nóngnóng de qiūyì ，jiào rén xīnsuì ？
Is it the clip clop of horse hooves, that makes us think of each other? Is it the coming of Autumn, that brings heartache?
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