当牛作马

Traditional form:

當牛作馬

Pinyin (reading):

dāngniúzuòmǎ

Definitions:

• to work like a horse and toil like an ox
• fig. to slave for sb

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 牛 - ox, cow, bull
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 马 - horse; surname

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 牛 - ox, cow, bull
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 馬 - horse; surname