走馬

走馬

1. (literary) to ride a horse; to go (fast) on horseback; to gallop away

   Synonym: 跑馬 / 跑马 (pǎomǎ)

   Near-synonym: 騎馬 / 骑马 (qímǎ)

   • 東指羲和能走馬，海塵新生石山下。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     东指羲和能走马，海尘新生石山下。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 800s, Li He (李賀),《天上謠》, translated by J. D. Frodsham, 1970.
     ​This line was annotated by the translator:
     * Gods and Immortals can afford to be careless of the passing of time. To them whole epochs during which land rises out of the sea and sinks back beneath it again are as nothing.

     Dōng zhǐ Xīhé néng zǒumǎ, hǎi chén xīn shēng shíshān xià.

     She points to Hsi Ho in the eastern sky, deftly urging his steeds,
     ​While sea and land rise again and again ​below mountains of stone*.

   • 走馬抵門，門者怒曰：「為誰？」則曰：「昨日之客來。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     走马抵门，门者怒曰：「为谁？」则曰：「昨日之客来。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1555, Zong Chen（宗臣）,《報劉一丈書》, translated by Victor H. Mair

     Zǒumǎ dǐ mén, ménzhě nù yuē: “Wéi shéi?” Zé yuē: “Zuórì zhī kè lái.”

     As he races his horse up to the gate, the gatekeeper angrily asks, “Who are you?,” to which he responds, “The guest who came yesterday.”

走馬

1. (literary) horse that gallops well

   • 黃塵清水三山下，更變千年如走馬。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     黄尘清水三山下，更变千年如走马。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 800s, Li He (李賀),《夢天》, translated by J. D. Frodsham, 1970.
     ​This line also annotated by the translator:
     * The Three Islands of the Immortals endure throughout geological epochs of time, while the seas cover what was once land and then recede again.

     Huángchénqīngshuǐ sānshān xià, gēngbiàn qiānnián rú zǒumǎ.

     Now yellow dust, now clear water, below the Three Hills*.
     Sudden the changes of a thousand years as a galloping horse.

2. (Jinjiang Hokkien) The Chinese character component 辶.

走馬

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