4 characters Idiom and proverb 26 398

Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「駟馬莫追」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Discover the idiom 「駟馬莫追」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Once you say something, you can’t take it back, and it must be counted. Same as “It’s hard to catch up with a horse that has only four horses”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sì mǎ mò zhuī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si3 ma5 mok6 jeui1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.