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龙马精神

lóng mǎ jīng shén · literally “dragon-horse spirit”

Meaning

Vigorous, energetic spirits — often a New Year greeting for health and vitality.

In a sentence

Wishing you 龙马精神 in the new year.

Usage note

Almost always positive and often used as a blessing.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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