驷
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【析形】形声字。古文字形从马，四声，四兼表义。
【释义】《说文》：“一乘也。”段玉裁注：“四马为一乘。”本义是驾四马之车，又可代指马车。战国以前，车马是相连的，因此古人所谓御车也就是御马，所谓乘马也就是乘车。古代驾二马为骈，驾三马为骖，驾四马为驷，而又以驾四马为常。[一言既出，驷马难追]形容话已说出就无法收回，说了话就要算数。
【shape analysis】It is the pictophonetic character.In ancient character it is related to马(mǎ,horse)and sounds like 四(sì).
【original meaning】Driving a cart with four horses.In ancient times,driving two horses was called 骈(pián),while driving three horses was called 骖(cān),and driving four horses was called 驷.It was common to drive four horses.
△驷（駟）sì
8画 马部 〈书〉 驾四匹马的车或一车所驾的四匹马： 一言既出，～马难追。