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萬馬奔騰

简万马奔腾 · 繁萬馬奔騰

Mandarin · pinyin wàn mǎ bēn téng

lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom)
fig. going full steam ahead

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萬: Look up this written character
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奔: bēn · run fast, flee; rush about; run
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万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
腾: téng · fly; gallop; run; prance; rise

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4–3–1–2 · wan4 ma3 ben1 teng2

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(idiomatic) thousands of horses galloping, used to describe the magnificence of a scene

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