三五成群 — Chinese idiom
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
Meaning
- in groups of three or four
Character by character
- 三sānthree
- 五wǔfive; surname
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob
Idioms sharing a character
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
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