Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「騎馬找馬」 and its usage.
Today’s idiom is 「騎馬找馬」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Ride the horse to find another horse. The original metaphor means occupying a position while looking for another more satisfactory job. It is now often used to illustrate that one is looking for something everywhere even though it is right in front of him.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ke4 ma5 jaau2 ma5
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