伯樂相馬

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Chinese

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Bo Le to examine and judge a horse; Sōma
trad. (伯樂相馬) 伯樂 相馬
simp. (伯乐相马) 伯乐 相马
Literally: “Bo Le judging horses”.

Etymology

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From the Han shi waizhuan:

使不得伯樂安得千里 [MSC, trad.]
使不得伯乐安得千里 [MSC, simp.]
From: 150 BCE, Han Ying, 韓詩外傳/卷第7
Shǐ bùdé Bó Lè, āndé qiānlǐ zhī zú? [Pinyin]
If the horse that can travel 1000 li in a day had not been discovered by Bo Le, how could it show its ability to travel one thousand li in a single day?

From the Zashuosi:

伯樂然後千里馬千里馬伯樂不常 [MSC, trad.]
伯乐然后千里马千里马伯乐不常 [MSC, simp.]
From: Han Yu, 雜說四
Shì yǒu Bó Lè, ránhòu yǒu qiānlǐmǎ. Qiānlǐmǎ cháng yǒu, ér Bó Lè bùcháng yǒu. [Pinyin]
In all of the world, there was Bo Le first, then there were thousand li horses. Thousand li horses often exist, but a Bo Le does not often exist.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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伯樂相馬

  1. Praising those who are good at discovering talent

References

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伯樂相馬 [Bo Le judging horses]”, in Baidu Baike [Baidu Encyclopedia] (in Chinese) (wiki), 2020 May 16, retrieved January 2, 2024