戎马生涯 — Chinese idiom
戎马生涯
róng mǎ shēng yá
Traditional: 戎馬生涯
Meaning
- army life
- the experience of war
Character by character
- 戎róngarms, armaments; military affairs
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 涯yáborder, horizon; river bank, shore
Idioms sharing a character
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 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
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