竹马
zhú mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

竹马
 - 
zhú mǎ
  1. bamboo stick used as a toy horse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
富贵竹
fù guì zhú
  1. 1 lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
新竹
Xīn zhú
  1. 1 Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries
  2. 2 Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
竹
zhú
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 118
竹子
zhú zi
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
竹林
zhú lín
  1. 1 bamboo forest
竹笋
zhú sǔn
  1. 1 bamboo shoot
竹筒
zhú tǒng
  1. 1 bamboo tube
  2. 2 bamboo pipe
竹马
zhú mǎ
  1. 1 bamboo stick used as a toy horse
丝竹
sī zhú
  1. 1 traditional Chinese musical instruments
  2. 2 music
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
腐竹
fǔ zhú
  1. 1 roll of dried tofu strips
南竹
nán zhú
  1. 1 see 毛竹[máo zhú]
大竹
Dà zhú
  1. 1 Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Dá zhōu], Sichuan
大竹县
Dà zhú xiàn
  1. 1 Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Dá zhōu], Sichuan
夹竹桃
jiā zhú táo
  1. 1 oleander (Nerium indicum)
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [jià zhú táo]

Idioms (9)

势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

Sample Sentences

忆童年时竹马青梅
yì tóngnián shí zhúmǎqīngméi
Remember how we were childhood playmates,
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他们两个是青梅竹马。
tāmen liǎng ge shì qīngméizhúmǎ 。
The two of them are childhood sweethearts.
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青梅竹马
qīngméizhúmǎ
Innocent feelings of puppy love.
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我们从小一起长大，连到高中都是上同一个学校，怎么说也是青梅竹马，你还有什么好担心的？
wǒmen cóngxiǎo yīqǐ zhǎngdà ，lián dào gāozhōng dōu shì shàng tóng yī ge xuéxiào ，zěnme shuō yě shì qīngméizhúmǎ ，nǐ háiyǒu shénme hǎo dānxīn de ？
We grew up together. We even went to the same high school. No matter how you look at it, it was puppy love. What is there for you to worry about?
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