万马齐喑 — Chinese idiom
万马齐喑
wàn mǎ qí yīn
Traditional: 萬馬齊喑
Meaning
- thousands of horses, all mute ; no-one dares to speak out
- an atmosphere of political oppression
Character by character
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 齐qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 喑yīndumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
- 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
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