北叟失马(běi sǒu shī mǎ): lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out…
4 charactersTrad. 北叟失馬
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out…
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- běi sǒu shī mǎ
- Meaning
- lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 北叟失馬
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 北叟失马 — tap one to open its word page.
běi北jīng京
HSK 1Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
mǎ马shàng上
HSK 1at once
běi北biān边
HSK 1north
mǎ马lù路
HSK 1street
běi北fāng方
HSK 2north
dōng东běi北
HSK 2Northeast China; Manchuria
xī西běi北
HSK 2Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
shī失qù去
HSK 3to lose
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