sān​mǎ​tóng​cáo

three horses at the same trough

  • created sense approved 三马同槽/三馬同槽 · sān​mǎ​tóng​cáo · three horses at the same trough — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三马同槽 / 三馬同槽

    sān​mǎ​tóng​cáo

    three horses at the same trough

    conspirators working together under the same roof; originally a reference to [[司马懿|司馬懿|si1 ma3 yi4]] and his two sons, who were suspected of plotting to seize power

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · together 槽 (literal) → 槽 · cáo · trough

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense