骑马 (qí mǎ) — to ride a horse
Definition
A verb-object phrase meaning 'to ride a horse' (qí + 马, separable verb). The verb 骑 also pairs with 自行车 (bicycle) and 摩托车 (motorcycle), but here 马 is the object.
verb
to ride a horse
Examples
- 。Wǒ qí guò liǎng huí mǎ.I have ridden a horse twice.
- 骑马。Tā xǐ huan qí mǎ.He likes to ride horses.
- 。Tā men zài cǎo yuán shàng qí le yì tiān de mǎ.They rode horses on the grassland for a whole day.
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