识途老马 — Chinese idiom
识途老马
shí tú lǎo mǎ
Traditional: 識途老馬
Meaning
- lit. an old horse knows the way home ; fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
Character by character
- 识shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ
- 不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi
- 不识时务 bù shí shí wù
- 不识时变 bù shí shí biàn
- 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 博识多通 bó shí duō tōng
- 博识洽闻 bó shí qià wén
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