Age of dog and horse
The year of dog and horse is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Qu ǎ nm ǎ zh ī Ni á n, which means to call one's age superior or inferior. From the order of the sixth year of the Yellow River.
The origin of Idioms
The order of the sixth year of Huangchu written by Wei Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms states: "it is impossible to study the age of a lone dog and horse with the kindness of your majesty."
Idiom usage
Used as an object; used in modesty. An old daughter-in-law is five years old at seventy. A ghost in Xishan cave
Age of dog and horse
as poor as if everything had been washed clean - chì pín rú xǐ
declare war on a country to punish it for its iniquities - dà zhāng tà fá
It's hard for people to understand - yǐng rén yùn fǔ
Many words are likely to be true - duō yán huò zhōng