馬首是瞻

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Chinese

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horse; surname
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
be; yes; this gaze; view
trad. (馬首是瞻)
simp. (马首是瞻)

Etymology

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From Zuo Zhuan, Duke Xiang, Year 14 (《左傳·襄公十四年》):

荀偃:「雞鳴馬首是瞻!」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
荀偃:「鸡鸣马首是瞻!」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Xún Yǎn lìng yuē: “Jīmíng ér jià, sè jǐng yí zào, wéi yú mǎshǒu shì zhān!” [Pinyin]
Xun Yan (荀偃) ordered, "At cockcrow, yoke your chariots, fill up the wells and level your furnaces. Look only at my horses' heads, [and follow me]!"

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (26) (25) (23)
Final () (98) (136) (11) (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () II III III III
Fanqie
Baxter maeX syuwX dzyeX tsyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠaX/ /ɕɨuX/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/ /t͡ɕiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚaX/ /ɕiuX/ /d͡ʑiɛX/ /t͡ɕiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/maX/ /ɕiəuX/ /d͡ʑjɛX/ /t͡ɕjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨX/ /ɕuwX/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/ /ciam/
Li
Rong
/maX/ /ɕiuX/ /ʑieX/ /t͡ɕiɛm/
Wang
Li
/maX/ /ɕĭəuX/ /ʑǐeX/ /t͡ɕĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/maX/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /ʑie̯X/ /t͡ɕi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǒu shì zhān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maa5 sau2 si6 zim1

Idiom

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馬首是瞻

  1. to regard someone as the leader and follow his or her orders

Usage notes

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Although generally considered as a chengyu, this term almost always appears as part of the construct ……馬首是瞻, which is an instance of the general pattern …………. Compare 唯命是從唯命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng) and 唯利是圖唯利是图 (wéilìshìtú).