lǎo​mǎ​shí​tú

old hand knows the ropes

  • created reference approved 老马识途/老馬識途 → 识途老马/識途老馬 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老马识途 / 老馬識途 lǎo​mǎ​shí​tú

    识途老马 / 識途老馬 shí​tú​lǎo​mǎ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 老马识途/老馬識途 → 暗中摸索 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老马识途 / 老馬識途 lǎo​mǎ​shí​tú

    暗中摸索 àn​zhōng​mō​suǒ

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 老马识途/老馬識途 · lǎo​mǎ​shí​tú · old hand knows the ropes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老马识途 / 老馬識途

    lǎo​mǎ​shí​tú

    old hand knows the ropes

    an old horse knows the way; an experienced person knows what to do or is familiar with the situation and can act as a guide

    lǎo​mǎ​shì​tú

    老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · experienced 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 识 (literal) → 识/識 · shí · to know 途 (literal) → 途 · tú · way

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense