千军万马 (Thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of horses)
how can the soldiers be less than the horses? how to control the horses?
What, you think like "Narnia" ah! Talking horses march to battles on their own ah!
Absolut: Thats because 万军千马 sounds bad. 千军万马 sounds much nicer.
Cherub: It only sounds weird because we are so used to 千军万马 liao. If it has been 万军千马 all the way, we would be used to it.
Absolut: Then 万马 probably means calvary troops. HORSE-MOUNTED TROOPS. thats why.
Cherub: Even if it refers to calvary troops, most armies possess more infantry than calvary.
so still logically wrong...
Absolut: Negative. The mongolian army, a superior army at that time, was dominant due to calvary troops. 千军万马 would be perfectly ideal for that army.
Cherub: Dude, its a CHINESE saying. NOT mongolian saying.
Absolut: the mongolian army must had routed the chinese army before. Surely some smart guys have seen the mongolian army and came out with this saying.
Cherub: ahh..
Absolut: moral of the story. You wan to talk cock, I'm always here to pair with you.
7 comments:
i know this is a really bo liao comment, but absolut peach is damn nice. :)
hey pj, you're absolutely right!
that was indeed, an absolutely boliao comment.
:D haha.
it's all good, we know you secretly adore bo liao comments. :P
true true... :P
can be interprate as 千万军 马 tats why
i think in Chinese saying, when they want to express "intensity", it's usually in progressive and comparative pattern..the smaller number then followed by the bigger number...like 七上八下，一再而三，三翻四次..so for 千軍萬馬，they can describe some continuous kind of exponential increase in power...but if they say 千軍千馬，it looks like the power doesn't grow...
then why cannot 千马万军?
haha. i'm just arguing for fun :P
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