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马失前蹄

mǎ shī qián tí

4-character word Traditional 馬失前蹄

What 马失前蹄 means

1. lit. the horse loses its front hooves
2. fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

The characters in 马失前蹄

• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters

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