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Chinese
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to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride
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radio- (chem.); shoot
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| trad. (騎射)
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騎
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射
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| simp. (骑射)
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骑
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射
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Etymology
Earliest attested in a speech by King Wuling of Zhao recorded in Stratagems of the Warring States, :
今吾將胡服騎射以教百姓，而世必議寡人矣。
今吾将胡服骑射以教百姓，而世必议寡人矣。 - Jīn wú jiāng húfúqíshè yǐ jiào bǎixìng, ér shì bì yì guǎrén yǐ.
- Now I intend to instruct the hundred clans to adopt the clothes of the Hu in order to practice mounted archery, but this will certainly make the subject of gossip throughout the world."
Pronunciation
Verb
騎射
- to ride horses and practice archery
- 善騎射／善骑射 ― shàn qíshè ― to excel in horsemanship and marksmanship
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