驁

简 骜 · 繁 驁
Mandarin · pinyin ào

Meanings

  1. a noble steed (literary)
  2. (of a horse) untamed
  3. (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
  4. Taiwan pr. áo
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驁
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骜
ào · wild horse, mustang; wild
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4 · ao4

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ngou4 · ngou6

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character

  1. (literary) noble steed
  2. (literary, figuratively) a person of outstanding talent
  3. (literary) untamed; unrestrained
  4. (literary) alternative form of 傲 (“arrogant”)

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 驕驁/骄骜 (jiāoyào, “horses galloping”)

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