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- Hokkien · calque of無馬走 /无马走
- English todayno horse run
Calque of Hokkien 無馬走 /无马走 (bô-bé-cháu, literally “no horse can outrun”), originally used within the context of horse racing to describe a competitor far ahead in the field.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.