马倌 (mǎ guān) — horse groom, stable hand
Definition
Literary/literary-register term for a person who tends horses — a groom or stable hand. Most learners will only meet this word in novels or period writing, where it describes a worker who feeds, brushes, and cares for horses daily.
noun
horse groomstable hand
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 马倌。Zhè ge mǎ guān měi tiān dōu yào gěi mǎ shuā máo.This groom has to brush the horses every day.
- 马倌。Lǎo mǎ guān yǎng le èr shí nián de mǎ.The old groom has been raising horses for twenty years.
- 马倌。Xiǎo shuō lǐ de mǎ guān shì gè chén mò guǎ yán de rén.The groom in the novel is a quiet, taciturn person.
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