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马失前蹄
mǎ shī qián tí
What 马失前蹄 means
- lit. the horse loses its front hooves
- 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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