不约而同 — Chinese idiom
不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng
Traditional: 不約而同
Meaning
- (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 约yuētreaty, covenant, agreement
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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