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马上比武

mǎ shàng bǐ wǔ

4-character word Traditional 馬上比武

What 马上比武 means

1. tournament (contest in Western chivalry)
2. jousting

The characters in 马上比武

• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 武wǔmartial; military

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