a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ì B ù J í sh é, which means that if a word is spoken, the car pulled by four horses can't catch up with it; it means that if a word is spoken, it can't be retrieved. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.
Idiom explanation
Si: a chariot drawn by four horses in ancient times; tongue: a word spoken.
The origin of Idioms
Yan Yuan, the Analects of Confucius: "it is too late for the master to say that a gentleman is a gentleman."
Idiom usage
It's the same thing. example wine comes in from the outside, and the machine leaks in. Regret comes from waking up. (the twelfth chapter of Zui Xing Shi by Dong Lu Gu in Ming Dynasty) at that time, I thought of myself as an old friend and said a few words of truth in the preface. Afterwards, I learned that Bannong was not happy and could not wait to talk. (Lu Xun's memories of Liu bannongjun)
Chinese PinYin : sì bù jí shé
a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses
to eat in different ways -- different ways of aggression. jīng tūn cán shí
Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. tā shān zhī shí,kě yǐ gōng yù
Let the wind and waves rise, sit in Diaoyutai. rèn píng fēng làng qǐ,wěn zuò diào yú tái
as one piece of fuel is consumed , the flame passes to another. xīn jìn huǒ chuán
A scholar knows everything when he doesn't go out. xiù cái bù chū mén,quán zhī