lí
Traditional: 驪
骊 (lí) is a Chinese word meaning “black horse; jet steed; good horse”.
Meanings
- 1black horse
- 2jet steed
- 3good horse
- 4legendary black dragon
Related words
探骊得珠to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)牝牡骊黄a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance骊黄牝牡a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance句骊河pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]骊姬之乱Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1]骊山Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor