黑
马

Dark horse in Chinese: 黑马 (hēi mǎ)

hēi mǎ

dark horse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 黑馬1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1dark horse
  2. 2fig. unexpected winner

Stroke order

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黑
马

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ㄏㄟ

hēi

ㄏ/ hㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄇㄚˇ

mǎ

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

黑马

Simplified

黑馬

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他是这次比赛的一匹黑马。

    tā shì zhè cì bǐ sài de yì pǐ hēi mǎ。

    He was the dark horse of this competition.

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Related words

黑

hēi

black

马

mǎ

horse

黑板

hēi bǎn

blackboard

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

马虎

mǎ hu

careless

马路

mǎ lù

street

黑色

hēi sè

black

黑暗

hēi àn

dark

黑夜

hēi yè

night

马车

mǎ chē

cart

黑白

hēi bái

black and white

黑客

hēi kè

hacker (computing) (loanword)

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