Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「駑馬十駕」.
Today’s idiom is 「駑馬十駕」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
The original meaning is the distance a good horse can travel in one day. Although a slow horse is slow, it can still reach the destination in ten days if it works hard. It is a metaphor that people with low intelligence can catch up with people with high qualifications as long as they study hard.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nú mǎ shí jià
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nou4 ma5 sap6 ga3
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
