| 杀君马者道旁儿 |
shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér |
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on |
| 杀 |
shā |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |
| 君 |
jūn |
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 者 |
zhě |
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this |
| 道 |
dào |
road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 旁 |
páng |
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) |
| 儿 |
ér |
child / son |
| 儿 |
r |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |