"事不過三" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 事不过三 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 事不過三
  1. There will not be a fourth time. / One should not make the same action or mistake more than three times. Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "事不过三",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "事不過三",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "There will not be a fourth time. / One should not make the same action or mistake more than three times."
      ],
      "id": "en-事不過三-zh-phrase-nD2VqZad",
      "links": [
        [
          "fourth",
          "fourth"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "three",
          "three"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìbùguòsān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìbùguòsān [Phonetic: shìbúguòsān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìhbùguòsan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shih⁴-pu⁴-kuo⁴-san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shr̀-bù-gwò-sān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyhbuguohsan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šibugosanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шибугосань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "事不過三"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "事不过三",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "事不過三",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 事",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 過",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "There will not be a fourth time. / One should not make the same action or mistake more than three times."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fourth",
          "fourth"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "three",
          "three"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìbùguòsān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìbùguòsān [Phonetic: shìbúguòsān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìhbùguòsan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shih⁴-pu⁴-kuo⁴-san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shr̀-bù-gwò-sān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyhbuguohsan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šibugosanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шибугосань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "事不過三"
}

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