An evergreen tree with long, soft needles that grow in clumps resembling a horse's tail; also known as the Chinese red pine.

the tail of a horse

Mawei District, a district of Fuzhou City in Fujian Province

Mawei harbor, the port serving Fuzhou City; also known as [[马江|馬江|ma3 jiang1]]

sargasso weed; gulfweed; any variety of brown seaweed that grows along coasts and is often used as fertilizer

Literally "to string tofu on horsehair, it cannot be lifted"; used to mean someone or something is too weak to be worth supporting, or as a pun on [[提|提|ti2]] to mean a topic is not worth mentioning

a hairstyle in which the hair is gathered together and tied at the back of the head so that it hangs down like a horse's tail

a hairstyle where the hair is divided into two sections and tied on either side of the head; bunches

cannot be picked up or carried; a metaphor for something so fragile or delicate that it cannot be handled or supported

the hair from the tail of a horse, often used for making brushes or musical instrument bows

(xiehouyu) cannot be lifted; describes someone who is weak-willed, overly dependent, or unable to stand on their own. This comes from the idea that a thin, coarse horsehair would simply slice through soft tofu if used to lift it.

Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (specifically during the Qing dynasty)

The Mawei River flowing through Fuzhou city

Mawei Naval Academy, also known as the [[福州船政学堂|福州船政學堂|fu2 zhou1 chuan2 zheng4 xue2 tang2]], established in 1866 by the Qing dynasty