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牵马到河易，强马饮水难【qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán】

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)

牵马到河易，强马饮水难【qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán】

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)

牵

HSK 6

含义drag, pull, lead by hand

拼音qiān

马

HSK 1

含义horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

拼音mǎ

到

HSK 11

含义go to, arrive, been to

拼音dào

河

HSK 21

含义river; stream; the Yellow River

拼音hé

易

HSK 31

含义change; easy

拼音yì

强

HSK 3

含义strong, powerful, energetic

拼音qiáng

饮

HSK 5

含义drink; swallow; kind of drink

拼音yǐn

水

HSK 11

含义water, liquid, lotion, juice

拼音shuǐ

难

HSK 1

含义difficult, arduous, hard; unable

拼音nán