| 跑马圈地 |
pǎo mǎ quān dì |
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom) |
| 跑 |
páo |
(of an animal) to paw (the ground) |
| 跑 |
pǎo |
to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off |
| 跑马 |
pǎo mǎ |
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream |
| 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 |
| 马圈 |
mǎ juàn |
stable |
| 圈 |
juān |
to confine / to lock up / to pen in |
| 圈 |
juàn |
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty |
| 圈 |
quān |
circle; ring; loop (CL:个) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle |
| 圈地 |
quān dì |
staking a claim to territory / enclosure |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |