朝三暮四
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold
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- (idiom, verb) lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- indecisive
- to blow hot and cold
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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
→一朝一夕(yī zhāo yī xī)— lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
→一日三秋(yī rì sān qiū)— a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
→一日不见，如隔三秋(yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū)— one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
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