- 牛不喝水强按头 niúbùhēshuǐqiáng'àntóu to impose one's will on othersto try to force someone to do something against their will; literally "to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water"
- 牛不喝水难按角 niúbùhēshuǐnán'ànjiǎo you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink(idiom) lit. it is hard to press a cow's horns down to make it drink; used to describe how you cannot force someone to do something against their will
