牵马到河易，强马饮水难

qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán

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Definitions

  1. 1. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)

Child Words of 牵马到河易，强马饮水难

到
dào

to reach; to arrive

强
jiàng

stubborn

强
qiáng

strong

强
qiǎng

to force

水
shuǐ

water

河
hé

river

牵
qiān

to lead along

难
nán

difficult (to...)

难
nàn

disaster

饮水
yǐn shuǐ

drinking water

马
mǎ

horse

饮
yǐn

to drink

饮
yìn

to give (animals) water to drink