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木馬

简木马 · 繁木馬

Mandarin · pinyin mù mǎ

wooden horse
rocking horse
vaulting horse (gymnastics)
trojan horse (computing)

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木: mù · tree; wood, lumber; wooden
馬: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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4–3 · mu4 ma3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

muk6 maa5

Cantonese word readings for 木馬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

wooden horse
rocking horse; hobby horse
(sports) pommel horse
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 木牛流馬／木牛流马 (mùniú liúmǎ)
(computing) short for 特洛伊木馬／特洛伊木马 (Tèluòyī Mùmǎ, “Trojan horse (malicious computer program)”)

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