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好馬不吃回頭草
简 好马不吃回头草 · 繁 好馬不吃回頭草Mandarin · pinyin hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
Meanings
- lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
- fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
- leave the past behind
Characters in this entry
- 好
- hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
- 馬
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- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 吃
- chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 回
- huí · return, turn around; a time
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 草
- cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
- 马
- mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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Mandarin tones
3–3–4–1–2–2–3 · hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3
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hou2 maa5 bat1 hek3 wui4 tau4 cou2
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proverb
- a smart person does not dwell on past actions; a true man never backtracks
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