下马

下馬
xiàmǎ
  1. to dismount from a horse
  2. (fig.) to abandon (a project)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to discontinue; to abort (a plan or a project under progress); to call off
  2. (literary) to dismount from one's horse
  3. (literary) to fall from one's horse
  4. to discontinue; to abort (a plan or a project under progress); to call off
  5. to dismount from one's horse
  6. to fall from one's horse

Wiktionary

  1. 从马上下来。
  2. 比喻官吏到任。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
2 马 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹

Containing this entry

下马威 xiàmǎwēi
  1. display of severity immediately on taking office
  2. (fig.) initial show of strength
舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 shědeyīshēnguǎ,gǎnbǎhuángdìlāxiàmǎ
  1. one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
  2. to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
下马碑 xiàmǎbēi

Related entries

丢下 diūxià to abandon
我不会丢下你。

I will not abandon you.

Source: Tatoeba

扔弃 rēngqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to throw away
抛弃 pāoqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to renounce
  4. to dump (sb)
汤姆抛弃了他们。

Tom abandoned them.

Source: Tatoeba

拚弃 pànqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to throw away
舍下 shěxià
  1. to abandon
  2. to lay down
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