千里马and伯乐

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Casie...:) Is there a Chinese saying similar to "you sold me out"?

That's very interesting Casie, thanks for sharing.

Casie, 你关于教中文有千里马。谢谢帮助我。（I hope I used that phrase correctly.)

Oh, Cassie, can you please check ratatouille's post "Getting Organized". They need you over there.

谢谢casie 你真很棒。 :-)

Thanks casie, learned again. And good wisdom in that "世有伯乐...". There is a piece of horse-vocab that I learned long before being able to speak even a simple sentence. It was on the backside of my (paper) character-flashcards for "伏": 老骥伏枥志在千里 lǎojìfúlìzhìzàiqiānlǐ "The old horse still wants to go 1000 miles" For older persons who still have lots of willpower...

Wei1xiao4 Thank you for your reminding. And i had response the post , i hope what i did on the post can make sense. Wei1xiao4, I think the sentence that你关于教中文有千里马 didn't make sense. But i guess i know what you want to say. Thanks

Hi henning, I like it too! 老骥伏枥，志在千里； 烈士暮年，壮心不已。 ——曹操《龟虽寿》 henning, I have a question, how can u type out pinyin like this "lǎojìfúlìzhìzàiqiānlǐ" ?

casie, I cheated and took it from the dictionary. :( But there are tools out there for this, which have been discussed in the community (which I persponally haven't installed)...

Like you new avatar casie, you look very pretty. :)

Casie, another great one from you. Thank you! May I please ask you to give us the meaning of this saying again, but using Mandarin instead? 世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 Your English translation was great; this Auntie just wants to enjoy reading your explanation in Mandarin too! Thanks!

Dear casie and henning, my knowledge of Chinese poetry is very limited (so frustrating!), but the beautiful poem which henning mentioned seemed to speak directly to my heart when I tried studying it a few months ago. Hope you don't mind if I supply an English translation of the entire poem (trans. Wan Changsheng) now -- "THE DIVINE TURTLE MAY LIVE LONG The divine turtle may live long, But it is still mortal and finally gone. The mythical snake may ride cloud and mist, Yet in the end it will turn to dust. An old steed confined to his stable, To gallop a thousand miles he aspires to be able. A man of ambition in twilight years, Extinguished not are his lofty ideals. To meet calamity or fortune in the end, Not only on fate does this depend. If one knows the art of keeping healthy, He will surely enjoy a long, long life. Now I feel the greatest delight, I pen this poem to glorify my thought." Isn't it amazing? There's no beating this wonderful translation, although I think the word "glorify" in the last line could be replaced with "articulate" -- or even "consecrate" (loosely) -- based on my understanding of my dictionary's definition of 咏, which (to me) conveys the idea of intoning something meaningful in an appropriately formal and thoughtful metre. Once again, thanks casie...

Thank you Auntie68 and Bazza. auntie68，这句名言是要告诉人们世界上有才华的人很多，但是能够发掘并懂得用这些有才华的人却很少。 这里强调了伯乐的重要性，因为如果一个有才华的人能够被伯乐发掘的话，也就是意味着他能够得到发挥自己才能的机会，进而取得成功，得到人们的认可，甚至可以闻名天下。相反，如果这个有才华的人没有遇到懂得欣赏他的人的话，他在通往成功的道路上很可能需要走许多弯路，磕磕碰碰的，甚至会因为缺少机会而被埋没，一生都默默无闻。

Casie, Here's an online tool that will create pinyin with the tone marks: Pinyin Tone Tool

Wow, Calkins, You are awesome, thank you so much. P.S. I just saw you sold me out just now. ^_^

casie, thank you so much for the VERY BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAR Mandarin translation! Now I'll never forget the meaning... casie 老师的解释多么明确，周到。 Hope these were the right words for me to use! Thanks again.

Dear auntie68, Thank you for sharing the amazing English translation althought i just can understand it a little. But i think i guess the general idea. I still need to work hard since there is a far way to go!

Thanks henning, I will go and check it.