厩 (jiù) - Stable & a building for housing horses or livestock

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jiù ｜ 11 strokes ｜ radical:

傑君

厩 · jiù

Stable;

a building for housing horses or livestock;

a coach house.

Stablea building for housing horses or livestocka coach house.

Usage highlights

Horse stableCoach houseImperial stablesStablehandStable boyStable manager

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • 野— wild; open field (antonym to the contained, domestic sense of a stable)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The horses were kept in a clean stable (马厩).
  • They built a new coach house (车厩) for the carriages.
  • The imperial stables (御厩) housed the emperor's finest horses.
  • He works as a stablehand (厩夫).

Collocations

  • Horse stable(马厩)
  • Coach house(车厩)
  • Imperial stables(御厩)
  • Stablehand(厩夫)
  • Stable boy(厩童)
  • Stable manager(厩官)

Idioms

  • originally involved a picture of a horse and a stable(To look for a steed in a stable (按图索骥))
  • To lead a horse from the stable(牵马出厩)
  • A thousand horses in one stable(千乘万骑归同一厩)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • In ancient China, the quality of a noble's stables reflected their wealth and military power, as horses were crucial for transportation and warfare.
  • The character appears in historical texts describing imperial and aristocratic estates, signifying importance in pre-modern logistics.

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