牝牡骊黄 — Chinese idiom
牝牡骊黄
pìn mǔ lí huáng
Traditional: 牝牡驪黃
Meaning
- a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare ; don't judge by outward appearance
Character by character
- 牝pìnfemale animal; keyhole; valley
- 牡mǔmale animal; key, door bolt
- 骊lía pure-black horse; a pair of horses
- 黄huángyellow; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 牝鸡司晨 pìn jī sī chén
- 骊黄牝牡 lí huáng pìn mǔ
- 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
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