呼牛作马 — Chinese idiom
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
Traditional: 呼牛作馬
Meaning
- to call sth a cow or a horse ; it doesn't matter what you call it
- Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
Character by character
- 呼hūto breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 呼之即来 hū zhī jí lái
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 呼来喝去 hū lái hè qù
- 呼天抢地 hū tiān qiāng dì
- 呼牛呼马 hū niú hū mǎ
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
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