适可而止
Traditional form:
適可而止
Pinyin (reading):
shìkě'érzhǐ
Definitions:
- (idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
Characters:
- 适 - match, comfortable; just
- 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 止 - to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
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