伯乐相马

伯樂相馬

bólè-xiàngmǎ

idiom

Meanings

1 Bo Le appraises horses
2 a discerning judge who recognizes hidden talent

Characters

to appraise / judge by appearance

Examples

HSK 7-9

公司需要一个伯乐相马的人来发掘人才。

Gōngsī xūyào yí ge bólè-xiàngmǎ de rén lái fājué réncái.

The company needs someone with the eye of Bo Le to discover hidden talent.

HSK 7-9

没有伯乐相马，千里马也难出头。

Méiyǒu bólè-xiàngmǎ, qiānlǐmǎ yě nán chūtóu.

Without a Bo Le to spot them, even thousand-li horses struggle to rise.

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history

Bo Le (伯乐), whose real name was Sun Yang (孙阳), was a Qin-era expert at judging horses. The Tang writer Han Yu (韩愈) summed it up: 世有伯乐，然后有千里马 - only when there is a Bo Le are there thousand-li horses, because without a judge of talent, the talent goes unrecognized.

Stroke Order

伯 bó

乐 lè

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