grow old with nothing accomplished

grow old with nothing accomplished

Ma Ya Tu Zeng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ ch ǐ t ú Z ē ng, which means that the age of a horse can be known by the number of teeth. It refers to the fact that he has grown in years, but has no achievement in his studies or career. It comes from the biography of Gu Liang, the second year of Fu Gong.

The origin of Idioms

In the second year of the Duke of Fu in the biography of Gu Liang: "Bi is still there, but the horse's teeth are longer."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as object; used for self modesty. Example Liu Yazi's poem "a gift to Shao Ping" says: "Pengfei failed in his ambition to soar to the sky, but the horse's teeth only increased the sorrow of the wrong way." It is also called "a horse's teeth are in vain". Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.1, chapter 29: "Zhang Dajing said," it's a great honor to be associated with the general. I've been working hard for half my life, and I've got a lot of teeth. How can I usurp my elder brother's position? " According to the records in the second year of Gugong in the biography of Guliang, in the spring and Autumn period, the state of Jin bribed the king of the state of Yu with Meibi and Junma, sent troops to destroy the state of Guo, and then returned to destroy the state of Yu, and took back Meibi and Junma. The doctor of Jin said, "Bi is still there, and the teeth of the horse are longer." Chapter 16 of Hua Yue Chen: "I have longer teeth than you Now the stars at the temples are breaking the old mood

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, the Duke Xian of Jin wanted to annex the Guo State, but he had no way to get there. Xunxi, a doctor, suggested that the horse and the jade should be used as exchange conditions in exchange for the state of Yu's passage. Jin Xiangong reluctantly gave up his love and took out his horse and jade. The state of Jin easily destroyed the state of Guo, so xunxi immediately proposed to destroy the state of Yu and recapture the beautiful jade and the horse. The jade was still the original jade, but the horse had a few teeth.