好馬不吃回頭草 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 好马不吃回头草 hǎomǎbùchīhuítóucǎo ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) leave the past behind Character by character 好(hǎo)good 馬(mǎ)surname Ma 不(bù)no 吃(chī)eat 回(huí)Hui ethnic group 頭(tóu)head 草(cǎo)grass A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0