| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 句骊河 | 句驪河 | jù lí hé | Ju4 li2 He2 | pre-Han name of Liao River 辽河 | ||
| 2 | 骊 | 驪 | lí | li2 | black horse; jet steed; good horse; legendary black dragon | ||
| 3 | 骊黄牝牡 | 驪黃牝牡 | lí huáng pìn mǔ | li2 huang2 pin4 mu3 | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | ||
| 4 | 骊姬之乱 | 驪姬之亂 | lí jī zhī luàn | Li2 Ji1 zhi1 Luan4 | Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晋文公 | ||
| 5 | 骊山 | 驪山 | lí shān | Li2 shan1 | Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor | ||
| 6 | 牝牡骊黄 | 牝牡驪黃 | pìn mǔ lí huáng | pin4 mu3 li2 huang2 | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | ||
| 7 | 探骊得珠 | 探驪得珠 | tàn lí dé zhū | tan4 li2 de2 zhu1 | to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation); to see through to the nub |
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