“A team of horses will struggle to chase down a spoken word” : 100 Chinese Proverbs in 100 Days — Day 2

一言既出，驷马难追。(Yìyán jì chū, sìmǎ nán zhuī)

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“Think before you speak”: words synonymous with the proverb above written by Chinese philosopher Yan Yuan. It exemplifies the power of words not by comparing them to the thundering roars of horse hooves but by stating that…