騎射

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Chinese

to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (騎射)
simp. (骑射)

Etymology

Earliest attested in a speech by King Wuling of Zhao recorded in Stratagems of the Warring States, :

胡服騎射百姓寡人 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
胡服骑射百姓寡人 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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

  1. to ride horses and practice archery
    騎射骑射  ―  shàn qíshè  ―  to excel in horsemanship and marksmanship

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