跑马圈地 — Chinese idiom

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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