team of four horses

Four  horses  also provides the pronunciation

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

四 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

four

Evolution

驷 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
驷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驷 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
驷 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
驷 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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team of four horses; team of 4 horses