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跑馬

简跑马 · 繁跑馬

Mandarin · pinyin pǎo mǎ

horse race
to ride a horse at a fast pace
(dialect) wet dream

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跑: pǎo · run, flee, leave in hurry
馬: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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3–3 · pao3 ma3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

paau2 maa5

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

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verb

to ride a horse; to gallop on a horse
to have a horse race
(regional, colloquial) to emit semen involuntarily; to have a wet dream
(colloquial) to run a marathon

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