Definition
天马 has two distinct meanings. In historical and literary contexts, it refers to a 'heavenly horse' — a mythical celestial steed or the famed Ferghana horses brought from Central Asia during the Han dynasty. In modern computing, it is the trademark of an alphabet-based Chinese word-processing input method (天马输入法). Be aware of which context you are in.
n.
mythical/historical heavenly horsecelestial steed(trademark) Tianma (an alphabet-based Chinese word-processing input method)
Examples
- 天马。Gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng de tiān mǎ shì néng fēi de shén mǎ.In ancient legends, the heavenly horse is a divine horse that can fly.
- 天马。Hàn Wǔdì céng pài rén xúnzhǎo tiān mǎ.Emperor Wu of Han once sent people to search for heavenly horses.
- 天马。Zhège ruǎnjiàn jiàozuò tiān mǎ shūrùfǎ.This software is called the Tianma input method.
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