"三思而行" meaning in Chinese

See 三思而行 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA], /saːm³³ siː⁵⁵ jiː²¹ hɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sam²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /sam⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 三思而行
  1. look before you leap Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 三思而後行 (sānsī ér hòuxíng), 三思而后行 (sānsī ér hòuxíng)
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "三思而行",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "look before you leap"
      ],
      "id": "en-三思而行-zh-phrase-Vn16RIFy",
      "links": [
        [
          "look before you leap",
          "look before you leap"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "sānsī ér hòuxíng",
          "word": "三思而後行"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sānsī ér hòuxíng",
          "word": "三思而后行"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sānsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sānsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sansih-érsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "san¹-ssŭ¹-êrh²-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sān-sz̄-ér-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sansyerlshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sanʹsyersin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "саньсыэрсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsih-érsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "san⁴-ssŭ¹-êrh²-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàn-sz̄-ér-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sannsyerlshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sanʹsyersin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "саньсыэрсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam sī yìh hàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam³ xi¹ yi⁴ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm³³ siː⁵⁵ jiː²¹ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sarmsuji'heeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "samsuli'heeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "三思而行"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "三思而行",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 思",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 行",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "look before you leap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look before you leap",
          "look before you leap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sānsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sānsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sansih-érsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "san¹-ssŭ¹-êrh²-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sān-sz̄-ér-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sansyerlshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sanʹsyersin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "саньсыэрсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsī'érxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sànsih-érsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "san⁴-ssŭ¹-êrh²-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàn-sz̄-ér-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sannsyerlshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sanʹsyersin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "саньсыэрсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam sī yìh hàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam³ xi¹ yi⁴ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm³³ siː⁵⁵ jiː²¹ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sàm-su-jî-hîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sarmsuji'heeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam-su-lî-hîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "samsuli'heeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sānsī ér hòuxíng",
      "word": "三思而後行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānsī ér hòuxíng",
      "word": "三思而后行"
    }
  ],
  "word": "三思而行"
}

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