无事不登三宝殿 (無事不登三寶殿)
wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
Pinyin

Definition

无事不登三宝殿 (無事不登三寶殿)
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wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
  1. lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom)
  2. fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
  3. having a hidden agenda

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless

Sample Sentences

我今天真是无事不登三宝殿,你快帮我出出主意。
wǒ jīntiān zhēn shì wú shìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn ,nǐ kuài bāng wǒ chū chū zhǔyi 。
I really came to ask something of you today. Quick and help me to come up with an idea.
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