Go back to the horse(mǎ qù mǎ guī)

Go back to the horse

Ma Qu Ma GUI, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ Q ù m ǎ Gu ī, which means that things are changeable and gains and losses are changeable. It comes from Huainanzi · human training.

The origin of Idioms

According to "Huainanzi · human training", the old man of the frontier fortress lost his horse, and people thought it was a disaster. As a result, his horse led the Hu people's horses to the same destination, and everyone congratulated him. However, his son was disabled due to falling down on horseback, and the villagers hanged him. Unexpectedly, when the Hu people entered the frontier fortress, Ding Zhuang died 19 years ago, but his son died of lameness.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. Example if you can see in brown clothes, it's cheap for Mo Chen and Han Shu; if you go home, you dare to rely on Saiweng. The sixth volume of Chen Hu's Qi Jiu Xu Wen in Song Dynasty

Idiom story

In ancient times, an old man's horse ran to the Hu people outside the Great Wall. The villagers comforted him, saying that it was not necessarily a bad thing. A few days later, the lost horse came back with some fiery horses. The old man thought that this was not necessarily a good thing. His son broke his leg on horseback. The old man thought it was not a bad thing. Later, the old man's son escaped the war because of his leg injury.

Chinese PinYin : mǎ qù mǎ guī