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  • n.metadark horse; unexpected winner; rival whose strength is unfathomable

    • zhè cì jìng xuǎn zhōng chú le mù qián lǐng xiān de hòu xuǎn rén yǐ wài hái kě néng chū xiàn yī liǎng míng hēi mǎ

      竞选除了目前领先候选人以外可能出现黑马

      Apart from the front-runners, there may yet appear one or two dark horses in the election campaign.

    • tā yǐ ná xià duō xiàng shào ér sài shì de guàn jūn chéng wéi shào ér wǎng qiú de yī pǐ hēi mǎ

      拿下少儿赛事冠军成为少儿网球黑马

      He has already won a number of junior tournaments and has become a dark horse of junior tennis.

    • tā zài bǎi mǐ sài zhōng jī bài wèi miǎn guàn jūn chéng wéi yī pǐ hēi mǎ

      百米击败卫冕冠军成为黑马

      He came out as a dark horse in the 100-metre dash by beating the defending champion.

    • tā qí zài gāo dà de hēi mǎ shang

      高大黑马

      He was riding on a large black horse.

    • tā yǒu jǐ fēn xiàng shì hēi mǎ

      黑马

      She's a bit of a dark horse.

Word usage

  • "黑马" is often matched with measure word "匹".
    • 黑马

      one dark horse