Ask for horse in tangsi
This allusion comes from Zhuangzi Tianzifang written by Zhuangzi Zhou. It means that if you don't ask for a horse, you will get nothing.
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Zhuangzi Tianzifang, written by Zhuangzi and Zhou, said, "that's the end of it, and if a woman asks for it, she thinks she has it, she asks for a horse in the Tang Dynasty." Guo Xiangzhu: "tangsi is not a place to stop horses."
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Seeking horses from Tang Si
[pronunciation] Qi ú m ǎ y ú t á ngs ì
Go to the empty market to buy horses. It is a metaphor that if you don't ask for something, you will get nothing.
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Tatu, the term of the western regions, or the mysterious name, that is, chataixi calligraphy, is no less than ~. Su Manshu's book with Liu Bannong
Ask for horse in tangsi
as beautiful as the jade ornament of a cap -- a handsome man - měi rú guān yù