1. A good horse never turns back to eat the grass - Qing Li Yu's "Lian Xiang Companion·Relocation"
Vernacular translation: It's just that a good horse will carefully eat the grass in front of him and never look back. Out of the grass behind. It is a metaphor for an ambitious person who will never look back even if he suffers setbacks after making a determination.
2. The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and we will sell the eternal sorrow with you. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "The wine will be brought in, but you will not see it"
Vernacular translation: Those precious five-flowered horses and expensive fox furs, quickly ask the waiter to take them all and exchange them for fine wine, let us Let’s eliminate this endless eternal sorrow together!
3. The wild flowers are becoming more and more charming, and only Asakusa has no horse hooves. ——Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake"
Vernacular translation: The wild flowers are dazzling when they bloom, and the spring grass has not grown tall enough to just cover the horses' hooves.
4. If you say something wrong, the horse cannot catch up; if you say something urgently, the horse cannot catch up. ——Deng Xi in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Deng Xizi Zhuanci"
Vernacular translation: Once a sentence is spoken, it is difficult to catch up even if it is hitched to a four-horse cart. Once the words are spoken, they cannot be taken back, they must be counted.
5. The horse is moving very fast, and the bow is shaking like a thunderbolt. ——Song Dynasty Xin Qiji's "Broken Array: Compose a strong poem for Chen Tongfu"
Vernacular translation: The war horse ran as fast as a Luma, and the bow and arrow shook the ears like thunder.