lit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
trad. 馬失前蹄
Also written 馬失前蹄【mǎ shī qián tí】
Characters in this word
4马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
失
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to lose, to miss, to fail
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7657 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
蹄
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hoof, pig's trotters
- Pinyin
- tí
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 46446 of 2500