慎重其事 — Chinese idiom

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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