Keyword
refined
- a thoroughbred horse
- virtuous
- Frequency
- #5109
- Strokes
- 19
Readings
jì
Mnemonic
马 (horse) gives the meaning and 冀 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
骥
thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
冯骥才
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
按图索骥
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines; to try and find sth with the help of a clue
老骥伏枥
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations