in late autumn horses are fat
Autumn high horse fat, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ū g ā om ǎ f é I, which means autumn high and cool, horse fat. It comes from Volume 3 of Jingkang biography.
The origin of Idioms
The third volume of Jingkang zhuanxinlu written by Li Gang of Song Dynasty: "the officials are afraid of the high horse and fat in autumn, and the captives must come again, so as to be responsible for the previous agreement."
Idiom usage
Used as an attributive; used of written language. Example history of the Ming Dynasty, Vol. 204, biography of Zeng Mi: "autumn is high, horse is fat, bow and arrow are sharp, they gather to attack, I scatter to defend. In the west, it reached andiyan, Ili, Hami and Karka, and in the East, it reached Heilongjiang, where it was bundled with goods. Yu Zhengxie, Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : qiū gāo mǎ féi
in late autumn horses are fat
the dresses and ornaments of high officials in ancient times. yū zhū tuō zǐ
the view shows no difference. fēng jǐng bù shū
introduce comic remarks in dialogue. sā kē dǎ hùn
resign from office and return to one 's native town. gào lǎo huán jiā