Kung Linliu, Ph. D.Story of Chinese Idiom (12)The meaning of this idiom "Picture book for a fine horse" is as follows.(1) It means to handle affairs mechanically in the outmoded ways without being flexible.(2) It means to try to locate something by following up a clue.
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