弼馬溫

See also: 弼马温

Chinese

assist horse; surname (luke)warm; to review
trad. (弼馬溫/弼馬温) /
simp. (弼马温)

Etymology

Homophone of 避馬瘟避马瘟 (bìmǎwēn, “to prevent horse's disease”) in Mandarin. It is thought that adding monkey's urine to the fodder for horses can prevent horses falling ill.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

弼馬溫

  1. Official position for Sun Wukong (Monkey King) in the novel Journey to the West.
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