骊黄牝牡 — Chinese idiom
骊黄牝牡
lí huáng pìn mǔ
Traditional: 驪黃牝牡
Meaning
- a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare ; don't judge by outward appearance
Character by character
- 骊lía pure-black horse; a pair of horses
- 黄huángyellow; surname
- 牝pìnfemale animal; keyhole; valley
- 牡mǔmale animal; key, door bolt
Idioms sharing a character
- 牝牡骊黄 pìn mǔ lí huáng
- 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
- 妄下雌黄 wàng xià cí huáng
- 抱恨黄泉 bào hèn huáng quán
- 数黄道黑 shǔ huáng dào hēi
- 数黑论黄 shǔ hēi lùn huáng
- 明日黄花 míng rì huáng huā
- 杳如黄鹤 yǎo rú huáng hè
- 白旄黄钺 bái máo huáng yuè
- 青黄不接 qīng huáng bù jiē
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