骊 | [ lí ] black horse, jet steed, good horse, legendary black dragon |
骊姬之乱 | [ lí jī zhī luàn ] 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 | [ lí shān ] Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor |
骊黄牝牡 | [ lí huáng pìn mǔ ] a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
⇒ 句骊河 | [ jù lí hé ] pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] |
⇒ 探骊得珠 | [ tàn lí dé zhū ] to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation), to see through to the nub |
⇒ 牝牡骊黄 | [ pìn mǔ lí huáng ] a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |