三馬同槽 sān mǎ tóng cáo

plotters under one roof; powerful family clique

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司马懿sī mǎ yì and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

Characters

Character Meaning
三 sān HSK 1
three; 3; surname San
馬 mǎ
horse; surname Ma
同 tóng HSK 1
same; together; with
槽 cáo
groove; channel; trough