{"id":15018,"date":"2019-08-31T04:07:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T04:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/the-story-behind-ma-hu-ma-hu\/"},"modified":"2019-08-31T04:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T04:07:27","slug":"the-story-behind-ma-hu-ma-hu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/the-story-behind-ma-hu-ma-hu\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind “\u9a6c\u864e m\u01ce hu”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tIt is said that there was a confused painter in ancient times. One day, he just finished drawing the head of a tiger when his friend came by. His friend asked him to draw a horse. The painter was too lazy to start a new one, so he<\/a> <\/span>drew a body of a horse right under the tiger head. His friend asked him what he was drawing, a horse or a tiger? The painter said"Oh, it's almost the same."<\/span> <\/span>
\t      After his friend left, the painter hung the painting on the wall. His elder son asked him"What is this ?" The painter told his son it was a horse. Then the next day his little son asked him the same question as his elder son did, and the painter told his little son it was a tiger. So the painter's two boys totally had no idea what was a true horse or a tiger.<\/span> <\/span>
\t      One day, the elder son met a tiger which he thought was a horse, he was trying to ride it, apparently he end up died. The little son met a hard-won horse which he thought was a tiger. He was afraid, so he shot the horse with the bow.<\/span>
\t      After those, people gave the painter a nickname"Mr. \u9a6c\u864e(\u9a6c\u864e\u5148\u751fm\u01ce hu xi\u0101n sheng).<\/span><\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\thorse \u9a6c m\u01ce<\/span>
\ttiger \u864eh\u01d4\/\u8001\u864el\u01ceo h\u01d4<\/span>
\t\u9a6c\u864e m\u01ce hu\uff0ccareless; slovenly; casual; slack; perfunctory<\/span><\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\tEnjoy!:)<\/span><\/p>\n