zhuī

骓

Character · NounTraditional騅

piebald horse

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

piebald horse; dappled horse with blue-black and white coat

literary

Literary and archaic term. Specifically refers to a horse with a coat of mixed dark (blue-black or gray) and white coloring. Historically famous as the name of Xiang Yu's warhorse (乌骓).

Lì力
bá拔
shān山
xī兮
qì气
gài盖
shì世
 ，
shí时
bù不
lì利
xī兮
zhuī骓
bù不
shì逝
 。

My strength uproots mountains, my spirit towers above the world; yet the times are against me, and my piebald horse will not leave me.

Wū乌
zhuī骓
mǎ马
shì是
Xiàng项
Yǔ羽
de的
zuò坐
qí骑
 。

The black piebald horse was Xiang Yu's mount.

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Cǐ此
mǎ马
qīng青
bái白
xiāng相
jiān间
 ，
nǎi乃
shì是
yī一
pǐ匹
zhuī骓
 。

This horse is blue-black and white mixed—truly a piebald steed.