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野馬

简野马 · 繁野馬

Mandarin · pinyin yě mǎ

feral horse
free-roaming horse
wild horse

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野: yě · open country, field; wilderness
馬: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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3–3 · ye3 ma3

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noun

wild horse; untamed horse
(archaic) water vapour, floating clouds or dust in the fields
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 貉 (hé).

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