田忌赛马 in English Tian2 Ji4 sai4 ma3 Meaning

Meanings

  • Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

田 忌 赛 马

Traditional Characters

田 忌 賽 馬

Pinyin

Tian2 Ji4 sai4 ma3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

田tian2surname Tian 忌ji4to be jealous of 赛sai4to compete 马ma3surname Ma