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牛不喝水難按角
简 牛不喝水难按角 · 繁 牛不喝水難按角Mandarin · pinyin niú bù hē shuǐ nán àn jiǎo
Meanings
- (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
Characters in this entry
- 牛
- niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 喝
- hē · drink; shout, call out
- 水
- shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 難
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- 按
- àn · put hand on, press down with hand
- 角
- jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica
- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
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Mandarin tones
2–4–1–3–2–4–3 · niu2 bu4 he1 shui3 nan2 an4 jiao3
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