Chinese symbol for “thoroughbred”
骥骜
jì ào
Traditional: 驥驁
fine horse; thoroughbred
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoroughbred is 骥骜 (jì ào), defined as: fine horse; thoroughbred.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骥骜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 按图索骥 (按圖索驥) | àn tú suǒ jì | lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines |
| 老骥伏枥 (老驥伏櫪) | lǎo jì fú lì | lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 牛骥同槽 (牛驥同槽) | niú jì tóng cáo | cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike; also written 牛骥同皂 (niú jì tóng zào) |
| 牛骥同皂 (牛驥同皂) | niú jì tóng zào | cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike |
| 老骥 (老驥) | lǎo jì | old thoroughbred; fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 老骥嘶风 (老驥嘶風) | lǎo jì sī fēng | old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 桀骜不驯 (桀驁不馴) | jié ào bù xùn | arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding |
| 桀贪骜诈 (桀貪驁詐) | jié tān ào zhà | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thoroughbred”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.