Chinese symbol for “troika”
三驾马车
sān jià mǎ chē
Traditional: 三駕馬車
troika; (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for troika is 三驾马车 (sān jià mǎ chē), defined as: troika; (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 三驾马车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
| 三级 (三級) | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 |
| 三分 | sān fēn | somewhat; to some degree |
| 第三方 | dì sān fāng | third party |
| 驾驶 (駕駛) | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain |
| 驾驶员 (駕駛員) | jià shǐ yuán | pilot; driver |
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
See also: Japanese symbol for “troika”.
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.