举一反三 — Chinese idiom
举一反三
jǔ yī fǎn sān
Traditional: 舉一反三
Meaning
- to raise one and infer three
- to deduce many things from one case
Character by character
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 三sānthree
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举一动 yī jǔ yī dòng
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 多此一举 duō cǐ yī jǔ
- 百废待举 bǎi fèi dài jǔ
- 百端待举 bǎi duān dài jǔ
- 众擎易举 zhòng qíng yì jǔ
- 纲举目张 gāng jǔ mù zhāng
- 举不胜举 jǔ bù shèng jǔ
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