下馬

下马
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. 從馬上下來。
  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 馬 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹

Containing this entry

下馬威 xiàmǎwēi
  1. display of severity immediately on taking office
  2. (fig.) initial show of strength
捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬 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
下馬碑 xiàmǎbēi

Related entries

丟下 diūxià to abandon
我不会丢下你。

I will not abandon you.

Source: Tatoeba

扔棄 rēngqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to throw away
拋棄 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

拚棄 pànqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to throw away
捨下 shěxià
  1. to abandon
  2. to lay down
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