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Definition(s) for: 事不过三

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
事不过三 shì bù guò sān - (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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,896 60,668 28,546

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3

Other Words Containing 事不过三

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
事不过三 - - 34,896 60,668 28,546