created sense approved 事不过三/事不過三 · shìbùguòsān · not more than three times — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
事不过三 / 事不過三
shìbùguòsān
not more than three times
Used to express that a mistake or an offense should not be repeated more than three times, or that one’s patience for an occurrence is limited.
shìbuguòsān
事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 不过 (literal) → 不过/不過 · bùguò · only 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 事不过三/事不過三 · shìbùguòsān · bad things come in threes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
事不过三 / 事不過三
shìbùguòsān
bad things come in threes
A proverbial expression suggesting that bad things will not continue to happen more than three times.
shìbuguòsān
事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 不过 (literal) → 不过/不過 · bùguò · only 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition