好马不吃回头草

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Definitions

1. lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
2. fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
3. leave the past behind

Child Words of 好马不吃回头草

no; not so

to eat

to circle

to turn round; to turn one's head

good

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

grass

head

horse