下 马

Traditional下馬

to dismount from a horse
(fig.) to abandon (a project)

Example sentences

要怎么才能把他拉下马？

yào zěn me cái néng bǎ tā lā xià mǎ?

What will it take to bring him down?

Appears in

下马威xià mǎ wēidisplay of severity immediately on taking office 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎone who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)