| lǎo | mǎ | shì | tú | ||||||
| 老 | 马 | 识 | 途 | ||||||
| chūn | qiū | shí | dài | qí | huán | gōng | chū | zhēng | |
| 春 | 秋 | 时 | 代 | , | 齐 | 桓 | 公 | 出 | 征 |
| gōng | dǎ | běi | fāng | yī | gè | xiǎo | guó | ||
| 攻 | 打 | 北 | 方 | 一 | 个 | 小 | 国 | 。 | |
| qù | de | shí | hòu | shì | chūn | tiān | biàn | dì | |
| 去 | 的 | 时 | 候 | 是 | 春 | 天 | , | 遍 | 地 |
| lǜ | cǎo | yīn | yīn | ||||||
| 绿 | 草 | 茵 | 茵 | 。 | |||||
| huí | lái | de | shí | hòu | shì | dōng | tiān | bái | |
| 回 | 来 | 的 | 时 | 候 | 是 | 冬 | 天 | , | 白 |
| xuě | máng | máng | kuáng | fēng | nù | hǒu | yú | ||
| 雪 | 茫 | 茫 | , | 狂 | 风 | 怒 | 吼 | , | 于 |
| shì | qí | huán | gōng | de | duì | wǔ | mí | shī | le |
| 是 | 齐 | 桓 | 公 | 的 | 队 | 伍 | 迷 | 失 | 了 |
| fāng | xiàng | ||||||||
| 方 | 向 | 。 | |||||||
| zhǎo | bù | dào | huí | qù | de | lù | dà | jiā | |
| 找 | 不 | 到 | 回 | 去 | 的 | 路 | , | 大 | 家 |
| dū | hěn | zháo | jí | zhè | shí | qí | huán | ||
| 都 | 很 | 着 | 急 | 。 | 这 | 时 | , | 齐 | 桓 |
| gōng | de | zǎi | xiāng | guǎn | zhòng | shuō | kě | ||
| 公 | 的 | 宰 | 相 | 管 | 仲 | 说 | : | “ | 可 |
| yǐ | lì | yòng | lǎo | mǎ | de | jīng | yàn | ||
| 以 | 利 | 用 | 老 | 马 | 的 | 经 | 验 | 。 | ” |
| yú | shì | qí | huán | gōng | pài | rén | tiāo | xuǎn | le |
| 于 | 是 | 齐 | 桓 | 公 | 派 | 人 | 挑 | 选 | 了 |
| jī | pǐ | lǎo | mǎ | zài | qián | miàn | yǐn | lù | |
| 几 | 匹 | 老 | 马 | 在 | 前 | 面 | 引 | 路 | , |
| guǒ | rán | zǒu | chū | le | mí | gǔ | zhǎo | dào | |
| 果 | 然 | 走 | 出 | 了 | 迷 | 谷 | , | 找 | 到 |
| le | huí | qù | de | dào | lù | ||||
| 了 | 回 | 去 | 的 | 道 | 路 | 。 | |||
| lǎo | mǎ | shì | tú | zhè | gè | chéng | yǔ | ||
| “ | 老 | 马 | 识 | 途 | ” | 这 | 个 | 成 | 语 |
| yòng | lái | bǐ | yù | yǒu | jīng | yàn | de | rén | |
| 用 | 来 | 比 | 喻 | 有 | 经 | 验 | 的 | 人 | , |
| shú | xī | qíng | kuàng | bàn | shì | xiào | guǒ | hǎo | |
| 熟 | 悉 | 情 | 况 | , | 办 | 事 | 效 | 果 | 好 |
| 。 | |||||||||
| In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi led an army to attack a small state in the north. |
| They went in spring when green grass covered the ground. |
| But when they came back it was winter.Everywhere was white with snow and the wind was howling.The troops lost their way. |
| While everybody was worrying, Guan Zhong, the duke's chief minister, suggested: 'An old horse may know the way.' |
| So the duke ordered several old horse to be selected to lead the army. Finally, they found the way back home. |
| This idiom refers to the value of experience. |
| index pinyin-less version |