好馬不吃回頭草

See also: 好马不吃回头草

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	horse; surname	not; no	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (好馬不吃回頭草)		好	馬	不	吃	回頭	草
simp. (好马不吃回头草)		好	马	不	吃	回头	草
Literally: “a good horse does not look back to eat grass”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎo mǎ bù chī huítóu cǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎo mǎ bù chī huítóu cǎo [Phonetic: háomǎbùchīhuítóucǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎo mǎ bù chih huéitóu cǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao³ ma³ pu⁴ chʻih¹ hui²-tʻou² tsʻao³
    • Yale: hǎu mǎ bù chr̄ hwéi-tóu tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hao maa bu chy hweitour tsao
    • Palladius: хао ма бу чи хуэйтоу цао (xao ma bu či xuejtou cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

好馬不吃回頭草

1. a smart person does not dwell on past actions; a true man never backtracks

Related terms

• 吃回頭草／吃回头草 (chī huítóucǎo)