三人行
sān rén xíng
Pinyin
Definition
三人行
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- (slang) threesome
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一意孤行
- 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
- 2 willful
- 3 one's own way
- 4 dogmatic
Sample Sentences
反正我知道“三人行必有我师”是孔夫子的话。我爸经常用这句话教育我。
Anyway, I know that ''Amongst three people walking, one can certainly be my teacher" is a Confucius saying. My dad often teaches me using this sentence.