倚马千言
yǐ​mǎ​qiān​yán

to write with great facility

  • created reference approved 倚马千言/倚馬千言 → 倚马可待/倚馬可待 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倚马千言 / 倚馬千言 yǐ​mǎ​qiān​yán

    倚马可待 / 倚馬可待 yǐ​mǎ​kě​dài

    see

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  • created sense approved 倚马千言/倚馬千言 · yǐ​mǎ​qiān​yán · to write with great facility — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倚马千言 / 倚馬千言

    yǐ​mǎ​qiān​yán

    to write with great facility

    Describes someone with quick wit who can write long articles or poems very rapidly, like writing a thousand words while leaning on a horse. See also [[倚马可待|倚馬可待|yi3 ma3 ke3 dai4]].

    倚 (literal) → 倚 · yǐ · to lean 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · thousand 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · character

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

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