Chinese Word: 骥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

骥 (Trad.: 驥)

Pinyin: jì

English Definition: thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous

Chinese Definition:
①好马，喻贤能：骥足(ａ．喻杰出的才华；b．喻才华出众的人)。骥尾(喻依附他人而成名)。骥途(喻锦绣前途)。骥服盐车(喻埋没人才)。

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 馬

Pictophonetic:冀 indicates the sound; 马 (horse) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 马 [ mǎ ] horse; surname
- 冀 [ jì ] to hope for; to wish; Hebei province

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按图索骥	àn tú suǒ jì	lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines; to try and find sth with the help of a clue
老骥伏枥	lǎo jì fú lì	lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
冯骥才	féng jì cái	Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
牛骥同槽	niú jì tóng cáo	cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike; also written 牛骥同皂
牛骥同皂	niú jì tóng zào	cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike