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The Chinese idiom 「老馬識途」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Lao Ma knows the way. It is a metaphor that experienced people are more familiar with things.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lǎo mǎ shí tú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lou5 ma5 sik1 tou4

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