事不过三
Traditional form:
事不過三
Pinyin (reading):
shìbùguòsān
Definitions:
- (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again
- (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
Characters:
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 三 - three
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