见好就收
见好就收
jiàn hǎo jiù shōu
to quit while one is ahead (idiom); to know when to stop
verbidiom
Traditional: 見好就收
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- (verb, idiom) to quit while one is ahead (idiom)
- to know when to stop
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Related Words
不到黄河心不死(bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ)· lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
→打尖(dǎ jiān)· to stop for a snack while traveling
→击鼓传花(jī gǔ chuán huā)· beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)· lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
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