| 识途老马 |
shí tú lǎo mǎ |
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague |
| 识 |
shí |
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì |
to record / to write a footnote |
| 途 |
tú |
way / route / road |
| 老 |
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |