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Word · NounTraditional鬃

horse's mane; bristles

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

horse's mane; the long hair along the neck of a horse or similar animal; animal bristles used for brushes

Primarily refers to the mane of horses (马鬃). Also commonly used for stiff animal hairs used in manufacturing brushes, especially boar bristles (猪鬃). The variant forms 騣 and 騌 are rarely used in modern writing.

Zhè这
pǐ匹
hēi黑
mǎ马
de的
zōng鬃
máo毛
zài在
fēng风
zhōng中
piāo飘
yáng扬
 。

The black horse's mane fluttered in the wind.

Zhū猪
zōng鬃
kě可
yǐ以
yòng用
lái来
zhì制
zuò作
gāo高
zhì质
liàng量
de的
shuā刷
zi子
 。

Boar bristles can be used to make high-quality brushes.

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Qí骑
shǒu手
shū梳
lǐ理
zhe着
mǎ马
zōng鬃
 ,
zhǔn准
bèi备
chū出
fā发
 。

The rider combed the horse's mane, preparing to depart.