(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
trad. 牛不喝水難按角
Also written 牛不喝水難按角【niú bù hē shuǐ nán àn jiǎo】
Characters in this word
7牛
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surname Niu
- Pinyin
- Niú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2680 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
喝
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to drink, variant of 嗬[he1]
- Pinyin
- hē
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 394 of 2500
水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
按
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to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain, to keep one's hand on, to check or refer to, according to, in the light of, (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- Pinyin
- àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1053 of 2500
角
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surname Jue
- Pinyin
- Jué
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8407 of 2500