- like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
- (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
- unconstrained in style
Characters
- 天 (天): day; sky; heaven
- 马 (馬): surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- 空 (空): empty; air; sky; in vain
Resources
- Wiktionary: 天马行空
- MDBG: 天马行空
- Examples with 天马行空 on Tatoeba
Examples
工程不同于艺术，不需要天马行空的自如，工程的完成离不开严谨周密的步骤，只有执著于流程的工程师，才能够各种工程中贯彻严谨周密的步骤，从而减少变数，保证工程顺利完成。