识途老马 — Chinese idiom

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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