几次三番 — Chinese idiom
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
Traditional: 幾次三番
Meaning
- lit. twice then three times ; fig. repeatedly
- over and over again
Character by character
- 几jǐsmall table; how many; a few, some
- 次cìorder, sequence; second, next; one after the other
- 三sānthree
- 番fānto take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn
Idioms sharing a character
- 一蹴可几 yī cù kě jī
- 堆案盈几 duī àn yíng jī
- 寥寥无几 liáo liáo wú jǐ
- 明窗净几 míng chuāng jìng jī
- 极深研几 jí shēn yán jǐ
- 窗明几净 chuāng míng jī jìng
- 三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì
- 三番两次 sān fān liǎng cì
- 语无伦次 yǔ wú lún cì
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
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