you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
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Cantonese: 牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低/牛唔饮水唔揿得牛头低(yue)(ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1, literally “if a cow does not drink water, one cannot press its head down”)
Japanese: 馬を水辺に導く事は出来るが馬に水を飲ませる事は出来ない(うまをみずべにみちびくことはできるがうまにみずをのませることはできない, uma o mizube ni michibikukoto wa dekiru ga uma ni mizu o nomaserukoto-wa dekinai)(literal, non-idiomatic)