騎射

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Chinese

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to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (騎射)
simp. (骑射)

Etymology

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Earliest attested in a speech by King Wuling of Zhao recorded in Stratagems of the Warring States, :

胡服騎射百姓寡人 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
胡服骑射百姓寡人 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Jīn wú jiāng húfúqíshè yǐ jiào bǎixìng, ér shì bì yì guǎrén yǐ. [Pinyin]
Now I intend to instruct the hundred clans to adopt the clothes of the Hu in order to practice mounted archery, but this will certainly make [me] the subject of gossip throughout the world."

Pronunciation

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Verb

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騎射

  1. to ride horses and practice archery
    騎射骑射  ―  shàn qíshè  ―  to excel in horsemanship and marksmanship

Derived terms

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