马失前蹄 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 馬失前蹄 mǎshīqiántí ㄇㄚˇ ㄕ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ lit. the horse loses its front hooves fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness Character by character 马(mǎ)surname Ma 失(shī)lose 前(qián)front 蹄(tí)hoof A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0