马失前蹄馬失前蹄

mǎ shī qián tí

Meaning

lit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

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马mǎhorse; surname一失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect丿夫前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding丷一刖蹄tíhoof; pig's trotter足帝