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马首是瞻

mǎ shǒu shì zhāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3368aa5b53f63301. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

馬首是瞻 马首是瞻 [ma3 shou3 shi4 zhan1] /to follow blindly (idiom)/to take as one's only guide/

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Other forms in these source records: 馬首是瞻

  • 马
    mǎ

    horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

    Mǎ

    surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]

  • 首
    shǒu

    head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

  • 是
    shì

    to be (followed by substantives only) / correct / right / true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

  • 瞻
    zhān

    to gaze / to view

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.