害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ

black sheep; fig. troublemaker; rotten apple

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. black sheep
  2. 2. fig. troublemaker
  3. 3. rotten apple
  4. 4. lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
害 hài HSK 3
to do harm to; harm; to cause trouble to
群 qún HSK 5
group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
馬 mǎ
horse; surname Ma