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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 见好就收

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
见好就收 jiàn hǎo jiù shōu - (idiom) to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 52,366 36,942

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
见 jiàn- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
见 xiàn- to appear
- also written 現|现[xian4]
好 hǎo- good
- appropriate; proper
- all right!
- (before a verb) easy to
- (before a verb) good to
- (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
- (verb complement indicating completion)
- (of two people) close; on intimate terms
- (after a personal pronoun) hello
好 hào- to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
就 jiù- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
- (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
- (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
- only; as little as
- as much as; as many as
- to approach; to move towards
- to undertake; to engage in
- (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of
- (of food) to go with
- with regard to; concerning
- (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...
- (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
收 shōu- to receive
- to accept
- to collect
- to put away
- to restrain
- to stop
- in care of (used on address line after name)

Other Words Containing 见好就收

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo