事急馬行田

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Chinese

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matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
hurried; worried horse; surname
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
field; farm
trad. (事急馬行田)
simp. (事急马行田)
Literally: “the horse moves like the character (tián) in an emergency”.

Etymology

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In xiangqi, the horse can only move like the character on the chessboard. A horse moving like the character violates the rule.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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事急馬行田

  1. to take extraordinary actions in an emergency