快马加鞭 — Chinese idiom
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
Traditional: 快馬加鞭
Meaning
- to spur the horse to full speed
- to go as fast as possible
Character by character
- 快kuàispeedy, rapid, quick; soon
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 鞭biānwhip; to lash, to flog
Idioms sharing a character
- 不吐不快 bù tǔ bù kuài
- 先睹为快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài
- 嘴快心直 zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
- 大快朵颐 dà kuài duǒ yí
- 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài
- 眼疾手快 yǎn jí shǒu kuài
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
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