三思而后行
sān​sī'ér​hòu​xíng

think twice before acting

  • created sense approved 三思而后行/三思而後行 · sān​sī'ér​hòu​xíng · think twice before acting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三思而后行 / 三思而後行

    sān​sī'ér​hòu​xíng

    think twice before acting

    Think again and again before taking action; look before you leap.

    三思 (literal) → 三思 · sān​sī · to think twice 而后 (literal) → 而后/而後 · ér​hòu · then 行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to do

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense