中国古代战国的时候，齐国攻打另一个国家。
在齐国的军队胜利返回时，因为不熟悉路，走进了一个危险的山谷，迷路了。
聪明的齐国军师说：老马不论走多远，总是能从来时的路走回去。
果然，齐国的这些军队跟在老马后面，走出了这个地方，找到了路。
“老马识途”这个成语的意思就是说有经验的人对事情比较熟悉，是一种夸奖。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 战国 | Zhàn guó | the Warring States period (475-221 BC) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 齐国 | Qí guó | Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong |
| 攻打 | gōng dǎ | to attack (the enemy) |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 军队 | jūn duì | armed forces; troops |
| 胜利 | shèng lì | victory |
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to / to come (or go) back |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 熟悉 | shú xi | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 危险 | wēi xiǎn | dangerous |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley / ravine |
| 迷路 | mí lù | to lose the way |
| 聪明 | cōng míng | intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 军师 | jūn shī | (old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 马 | mǎ | horse / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 不论 | bù lùn | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 总是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 去 | qù | (after a verb of motion) movement away from the speaker; (after certain verbs) detachment or separation |
| 果然 | guǒ rán | really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 跟 | gēn | to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb |
| 后面 | hòu miàn | behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 老马识途 | lǎo mǎ shí tú | an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes |
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 经验 | jīng yàn | experience |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 夸奖 | kuā jiǎng | to praise / to applaud / to compliment |