识途老马

Traditional: 識途老馬

shí tú lǎo mǎ

Dictionary entry

lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague

What does 识途老马 mean?

识途老马 (shí tú lǎo mǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague

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识shíto know · knowledge 途túway · route 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

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