Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「駑馬鉛刀」 and its explanation.
The featured idiom 「駑馬鉛刀」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Lead knife: a knife made of lead. A lame horse, a slow knife. A metaphor for weak talent.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nú mǎ qiān dāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nou4 ma5 yun4 dou1
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