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好马不吃回头草

hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo

7-character word Traditional 好馬不吃回頭草

What 好马不吃回头草 means

1. lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
2. fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
3. leave the past behind

The characters in 好马不吃回头草

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript