走马有个前蹄失，急水也有回头浪 走馬有個前蹄失，急水也有回頭浪 走馬有個前蹄失，急水也有回頭浪

even a galloping horse stumbles on a front hoof; even fast water has backward waves

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Simplified

走马有个前蹄失，急水也有回头浪

Traditional (Taiwan)

走馬有個前蹄失，急水也有回頭浪

Pinyin

zǒumǎ yǒu gè qián tí shī, jí shuǐ yě yǒu huítóu làng

Bopomofo

ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄕ，ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄤˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

Words in this sentence

• 有(yǒu)have
• 个(gè)(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
• 前(qián)front
• 蹄(tí)hoof
• 失(shī)lose
• 急(jí)urgent
• 水(shuǐ)water
• 也(yě)(used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even
• 回(huí)头(tóu)turn round
• 浪(làng)wave

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