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騎牛搵馬 (ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

騎牛搵馬 (ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5, qí niú wěn mǎ) — (phrase) to buy time for something, e.g. a job, while waiting for a better opportunity to come along (literally "to ride an ox looking for a horse")

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 騎劫 (ke4 gip3) — hijack; rob
• 騎呢 (ke4 le4) — weird; eccentric; strange; bizarre
• 騎師 (ke4 si1) — disc jockey
• 騎樓底 (ke4 lau2 dai2) — pavement with overhead buildings (spoken)
• 騎樓 (ke4 lau2) — (noun) balcony
• 騎縫 (ke4 fung4) — junction of the edges of two sheets of paper

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