sān sī ér xíngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
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Original source entry:

三思而行 三思而行 [san1 si1 er2 xing2] /think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully/

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三思而行
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