跑马圈地 — Chinese idiom
跑马圈地
pǎo mǎ quān dì
Traditional: 跑馬圈地
Meaning
- rushing to stake one's claim in new markets
Character by character
- 跑pǎoto run, to flee, to escape
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 圈quāncircle, ring, loop; to encircle
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
Idioms sharing a character
- 东奔西跑 dōng bēn xī pǎo
- 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
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 人喊马嘶 rén hǎn mǎ sī
- 人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
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