田忌赛马 — Chinese idiom
田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
Traditional: 田忌賽馬
Meaning
- Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins)
Character by character
- 田Tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated
- 忌Jìjealous, envious; to fear; to shun
- 赛sàito compete, to contend; contest, race
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 求田问舍 qiú tián wèn shè
- 沧海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián
- 田间地头 tián jiān dì tóu
- 蓝田种玉 lán tián zhòng yù
- 外宽内忌 wài kuān nèi jì
- 投鼠忌器 tóu shǔ jì qì
- 横行无忌 héng xíng wú jì
- 百无禁忌 bǎi wú jìn jì
- 童言无忌 tóng yán wú jì
- 讳疾忌医 huì jí jì yī
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