a wild horse running about without reins

a wild horse running about without reins

Wild horse without rein, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ě m ǎ w ú Ji ā, which means to refer to arbitrary action without restraint. It comes from the biography of Haodan, a famous Taoist in Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourth chapter of the biography of Haodan, a famous teacher of Ming Dynasty, it is said that "Heaven's chance is in the way, the sharp point is still blunt, and the wild horse is too late."

Idiom usage

As object and attribute. It's too late for a wild horse to run wild.