Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「道遠知驥」, with more below.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「道遠知驥」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Ji: a horse that can run a thousand miles. Only after a long journey can you tell a good horse. It is a metaphor that only after long-term training can the strengths and weaknesses of a person be revealed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dào yuǎn zhī jì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou6 yun5 ji1 kei3
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