弼馬溫

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See also: 弼马温

Chinese

assist horse; surname (luke)warm; to review
trad. (弼馬溫/弼馬温) /
simp. (弼马温)

Etymology

Homophone of 避馬瘟避马瘟 (bìmǎwēn, “to prevent horse's disease”) in Mandarin. It is thought that adding monkey's urine to the fodder for horses can prevent horses falling ill.

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弼馬溫

  1. Official position for Sun Wukong (Monkey King) in the novel Journey to the West.