朝三暮四(zhāo sān mù sì): lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening…
HSK 7-94 characters
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening…
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zhāo sān mù sì
- Meaning
- lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
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