niú​bù​hē​shuǐ​nán'àn​jiǎo

you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink

  1. ox
    ox; cow; bull; cattle; any of various bovine animals
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. 喝水 hē​shuǐ verb + noun
    to drink water
  4. nán adjective
    difficult
    difficult; hard to do; troublesome; not easy; problematic; the opposite of 容易 róng​yì
  5. àn verb
    to press
    to press; to push down with the hand or a finger
  6. horn
    horn of an animal; horn-shaped object; antenna or feeler of an insect