事不过三 (事不過三)
shì bù guò sān
Pinyin

Definition

事不过三 (事不過三)
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shì bù guò sān
  1. a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom)
  2. don't repeat the same mistake again and again
  3. bad things don't happen more than three times

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
事
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
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三十
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

王强说：“我不觉得，事不过三，这次感觉是来真的。”
Wáng Qiáng shuō ：“wǒ bù juéde ，shìbùguòsān ，zhècì gǎnjué shì lái zhēnde 。”
Wang Qiang said, "I don't think so. These things don't happen three times in a row. I think this time it's real."
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