脱缰之马 — Chinese idiom
脱缰之马
tuō jiāng zhī mǎ
Traditional: 脫韁之馬
Meaning
- lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins ; runaway horse
- out of control
Character by character
- 脱tuōto take off, to shed; to escape from
- 缰jiāngbridle, reins
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 稚气未脱 zhì qì wèi tuō
- 脱口而出 tuō kǒu ér chū
- 脱颖而出 tuō yǐng ér chū
- 脱胎换骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ
- 脱贫致富 tuō pín zhì fù
- 金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào
- 名缰利锁 míng jiāng lì suǒ
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
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