a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses

a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ì B ù J í sh é, which means that if a word is spoken, the car pulled by four horses can't catch up with it; it means that if a word is spoken, it can't be retrieved. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.

Idiom explanation

Si: a chariot drawn by four horses in ancient times; tongue: a word spoken.

The origin of Idioms

Yan Yuan, the Analects of Confucius: "it is too late for the master to say that a gentleman is a gentleman."

Idiom usage

It's the same thing. example wine comes in from the outside, and the machine leaks in. Regret comes from waking up. (the twelfth chapter of Zui Xing Shi by Dong Lu Gu in Ming Dynasty) at that time, I thought of myself as an old friend and said a few words of truth in the preface. Afterwards, I learned that Bannong was not happy and could not wait to talk. (Lu Xun's memories of Liu bannongjun)