{"path":"/entry/28615","title":"天马行空 / 天馬行空 (tiān mǎ xíng kōng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"天马行空 / 天馬行空 (tiān mǎ xíng kōng): like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":28615,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["天马行空"],"TRADITIONAL":["天馬行空"]}},"phonetic":"tiān mǎ xíng kōng","phoneticKey":"tian1 ma3 xing2 kong1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"of writing, calligraphy and so on","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"bold and imaginative","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"unconstrained in style","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","IDIOM"],"frequency":30142,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"a heavenly steed soaring across the skies","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First attested in 1485 in the preface to the Poetry Collection of Sa Dula by Liu Zizhong","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"其所以神化而超出于众表者，殆犹天马行空而步骤不凡，神蛟混海而隐现莫测，威凤仪廷而光彩蹁跹，莫不耸观而快睹也。","traditional":"其所以神化而超出於衆表者，殆猶天馬行空而步驟不凡，神蛟混海而隐現莫測，威鳳儀廷而光彩蹁躚，莫不聳觀而快覩也。"},"phonetic":"Qí suǒyǐ shénhuà ér chāochū yú zhòng biǎo zhě, dài yóu tiānmǎ xíng kōng ér bùzhòu bùfán, shénjiāo hùn hǎi ér yǐnxiàn mòcè, wēifèng yí tíng ér guāngcǎi piánxiān, mòbù sǒng guān ér kuài dǔ yě.","english":"The reason it transcends the ordinary and stands out from the crowd is like a heavenly horse soaring through the skies with extraordinary grace, a divine dragon navigating the seas with unpredictable movements, or a majestic phoenix gracing the imperial court with radiant splendour—each captivates the eye and delights the beholders.","ref":"1485, 劉子鍾,《薩天錫詩集序》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}