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Definition(s) for: 老马识途

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
老马识途 lǎo mǎ shí tú - an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do
- an old hand knows the ropes

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 95,301 - 95,974

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
shí- to know
- knowledge
- Taiwan pr. [shi4]
zhì- to record
- to write a footnote
- way
- route
- road

Other Words Containing 老马识途

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
老马识途 - - 95,301 - 95,974