A loose horse and a loose ox
Sanma xiuniu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à nm à Xi à Ni ú, which means no war. From book Wucheng.
Idiom usage
As predicate, attribute, object; used after the war. Although he destroyed the sword and cast halberds, he didn't plan to be emperor, but scattered horses and oxen, carrying Yan Bo. Chen Xuling's answer to Zhou zhulun and Qinshu for Chen Zhuzhu in Southern Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
Wu Cheng, the book: "return to the horse in the sun of Huashan, herd cattle in the wild of peach forest, show the world Fu Fu.". Cai Shenji quoted "Yue Ji" as saying: "King Wu is superior to Shang, crossing the river to the west, riding in the sun of Huashan Mountain in Mashan, and taking in the wild of peach forest in niufang.".
Idiom story
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was immoral, and the people complained. King Wu of Zhou led an army to encircle the capital of Shang. King Zhou of Shang set himself on fire at Lutai. King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, established the capital of Ho Jing, let the soldiers go home to engage in agricultural production, returned all the cattle and horses requisitioned, and let the people of the whole country live and work in peace and contentment.
Chinese PinYin : sàn mǎ xiū niú
A loose horse and a loose ox
be as everlasting as the sun and the moon. rì yuè jīng tiān
Eating pines and drinking streams. cān sōng yǐn jiàn
a flying moth darts into the fire. fēi é pū huǒ
a lone phoenix and a widowed goose. gū hóng guǎ hú