牵马到河易，强马饮水难 in English qian1 ma3 dao4 he2 yi4 , qiang3 ma3 yin3 shui3 nan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

牵 马 到 河 易 ， 强 马 饮 水 难

Traditional Characters

牽 馬 到 河 易 ， 強 馬 飲 水 難

Pinyin

qian1 ma3 dao4 he2 yi4 , qiang3 ma3 yin3 shui3 nan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

牵qian1to lead along 马ma3surname Ma 到dao4to (a place) 河he2river 易yi4surname Yi ， 强qiang2surname Qiang 马ma3surname Ma 饮yin3old variant of 飲|饮[yin3] 水shui3surname Shui 难nan2difficult (to...)