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驷

sì

Character Traditional 駟

What 驷 means

1. team of 4 horses

Example sentences

• 一言既出，驷马难追。
  Yīyánjìchū, sìmǎnánzhuī.
  You cannot take back what you have said.

Words containing 驷

• 一言既出，驷马难追yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuīlit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
• 君子一言，驷马难追jūn zǐ yī yán , sì mǎ nán zhuīa nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
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• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕