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金马

金馬
Jīnmǎ
proper noun #34,279

Meanings

  1. 1 the Golden Horse (Taiwan's annual film awards 金马奖)
  2. 2 Jinma - short form of 金门 (Kinmen) and 马祖 (Matsu), Taiwan's offshore islands

Examples

HSK 6
她凭借这部电影获得了金马奖最佳女主角。
Tā píngjiè zhè bù diànyǐng huòdé le Jīnmǎ Jiǎng zuìjiā nǚ zhǔjué.
She won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for this film.
HSK 6
金马两岛位于福建沿海。
Jīn-Mǎ liǎng dǎo wèiyú Fújiàn yánhǎi.
The two islands of Kinmen and Matsu are located off the coast of Fujian.

Tips

culture
金马奖 (Golden Horse Awards), founded in 1962, is the most prestigious Chinese-language film award - often called the 'Chinese Oscars'. The name combines 金门 (Kinmen) and 马祖 (Matsu), Taiwan's two offshore island groups facing the mainland.
history
The collocation 金马 in older texts (especially from 1950s-1970s) refers to the strategic outposts 金门和马祖 - sites of the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis (八二三炮战, the Aug 23 Artillery Battle). The film award later borrowed the name as a symbol of cultural defiance and Chinese-language cinema.

Stroke Order

金 jīn
马 mǎ