钳马衔枚 — Chinese idiom
钳马衔枚
qián mǎ xián méi
Traditional: 鉗馬銜枚
Meaning
- with horses and soldiers gagged
- (of a marching army) in utter silence
Character by character
- 钳qiánpincers, pliers, tongs; to compress
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 衔xiánrank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth
- 枚méithe stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 北叟失马 běi sǒu shī mǎ
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