Usage of the character 驪
lí
骊
[驪]
- black horse
- jet steed
- good horse
- legendary black dragon
Líshān
骊山
[驪山]
- Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
Jùlí Hé
句骊河
[句驪河]
- pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河／辽河 ( Liáo Hé)
tànlídézhū
探骊得珠
[探驪得珠]
- to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
- to see through to the nub
Lí Jīzhī Luàn
骊姬之乱
[驪姬之亂]
- Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公／晋文公 ( Jìn Wéngōng)
pìnmǔlíhuáng
牝牡骊黄
[牝牡驪黃]
- a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
líhuángpìnmǔ
骊黄牝牡
[驪黃牝牡]
- a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance