下 马

繁体下馬

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

例句

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?

出现在

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)