Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「牛驥同皁」 below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「牛驥同皁」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
It refers to the cow and the horse eating from the same trough. A metaphor for not being able to distinguish between the wise and the foolish. Also written as “oxen and horses share the same trough.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niú jì tóng zào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngau4 kei3 tung4 jou6
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