好馬不吃回頭草

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lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) · fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) · leave the past behind

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
  2. fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
  3. leave the past behind

Written Forms

好馬不吃回頭草Traditional · Main Form
好马不吃回头草Alternate Form

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