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Fan Anqiao 返鞍鞽 [ride back home]

Fan  means go back. Anqiao 鞍鞽 means saddle. Qiao  can also be written as qiao , the Chinese character meaning bridge“, because the arched shape of a saddle looks like a bridge. This is a use of metonymy, using a riding gear on the horse to represent the whole horse. Therefore, the term literally means ”go back by horse. 

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