慎重其事 — Chinese idiom
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
Meaning
- to treat a matter with due consideration
Character by character
- 慎shèncautious, prudent
- 重zhòngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
Idioms sharing a character
- 以慎为键 yǐ shèn wéi jiàn
- 小心谨慎 xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái
- 名重识暗 míng zhòng shí àn
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn
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