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bucephalus
noun 2name 1
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2BUCEPHALUS + NOUN
bestrode, tail
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on
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name
1
The warhorse of Alexander the Great.
noun
1
Any horse used for riding.
the Bucephalus which he bestrode
2
That which is the greatest of its kind.
It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift.
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the Bucephalus which he bestrode
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It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lif
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