Ask the ox to know the horse(wèn niú zhī mǎ)

Ask the ox to know the horse

Ask a cow to know a horse, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è NNI ú zh ī m ǎ, which means to figure out the truth from the side. It comes from the biography of Zhao Guanghan.

The origin of Idioms

"Zhao Guanghan biography of Hanshu:" if you want to know the price of the horse, you should first ask the dog, then the sheep, then the ox, and then the horse. "

Idiom usage

It is the same as "ask the sheep to know the horse".

Idiom story

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Guanghan, the governor of Yingchuan, was very smart and capable. He had a set of methods to manage local military and political affairs. He asked his servants to buy horses at the livestock market, and told him to ask the price of dogs, sheep and cattle first, and then the price of horses. After comparing the prices, he could buy them at a suitable price. The servants admired him very much.

Chinese PinYin : wèn niú zhī mǎ