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黑马

hēi mǎ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 黑馬

黑马 (hēi mǎ) means "dark horse; fig. unexpected winner". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 黑马 means

1. dark horse
2. fig. unexpected winner

The characters in 黑马

• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

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