There is an interesting story laying behind Chinese characters like other languages, such as ma hu.

像其他语言一样，有一个有趣的故事隐藏在汉字里，如马虎 F;L#1SLzz[。

A painter drew an animal which looked like a horse and a tiger.

画家画了一个看起来像马和老虎的动物)]Yxr]RhT|CupX。

He told his first son that it was a tiger.

他告诉大儿子那是只老虎|F6*FK^7u^Z=le&U。

The older son identified a horse as a tiger and killed it.

大儿子把马认成了老虎，就把它杀了YyB6p0m.6Z。

He told his second son it was a horse.

他告诉二儿子那是匹马uC+r,,fDJ1K+&。

The younger boy identified a tiger as a horse and try to ride on it.

二儿子把老虎认成了马，想骑到马背上)9EV@JAh2FHb@。

Therefore, his first son owed a horse to its master and his second son came within an inch of death.

因此，他的大儿子欠了主人一匹马，而他的二儿子离死亡只有一尺之遥hH[L1#+,@0Cr03l。

From then on, ma hu has been used to describe carelessness.

从那时起，马虎就被用来形容粗心大意sa5&&*vm6x@MIK0Z9.r9。