三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
Pinyin
Definition
三思而行
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- think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname San
- 1 idea
- 2 opinion
- 3 meaning
- 4 wish
- 5 desire
- 6 interest
- 7 fun
- 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
- 9 classifier: 个 gè
- 10 to give as a small token
- 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 1 and
- 2 as well as
- 3 and so
- 4 but (not)
- 5 yet (not)
- 6 (indicates causal relation)
- 7 (indicates change of state)
- 8 (indicates contrast)
- 1 (not only ...) but also
- 2 moreover
- 3 in addition
- 4 furthermore
- 1 row
- 2 line
- 3 commercial firm
- 4 line of business
- 5 profession
- 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- 7 (in data tables) row
- 8 (Tw) column
Idioms (20)
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哄而散
- 1 to disperse in confusion (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