千里马常有，而伯乐不常有

qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér bó lè bù cháng yǒu

Definitions

1. lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
2. fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it

Child Words of 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 千 qiān: thousand
• 常 cháng: always
• 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 乐 lè: happy
• 乐 yuè: music
• 而 ér: and
• 里 lǐ: lining
• 马 mǎ: horse
• 伯 bó: father's elder brother
• 伯乐 bó lè: Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)
• 千里 qiān lǐ: a thousand miles
• 千里马 qiān lǐ mǎ: lit. ten thousand mile horse