ten inferior horse riding

ten inferior horse riding

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is n ú m à sh í Ji à, which means that the original meaning is a day's journey for a horse. Although the horse is slow, it can still reach the destination in ten days. It means that people with low intelligence can catch up with people with high aptitude as long as they study hard. It comes from Xunzi's persuasion.

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as predicate and object; with commendatory meaning examples learning should have the spirit of being inferior

The origin of Idioms

Xunzi's persuasion: "one leap of Qi and Ji can't take ten steps; ten drives of a horse can't give up."