三五成群
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
in groups of three or four (idiom)
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- (idiom) in groups of three or four (idiom)
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Related Words
一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
→三仇(sān chóu)— animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power
→四象(sì xiàng)— four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
→一日三秋(yī rì sān qiū)— a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
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