适可而止 — Chinese idiom
适可而止
shì kě ér zhǐ
Traditional: 適可而止
Meaning
- to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
Character by character
- 适shìmatch, comfortable; just
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 止zhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
Idioms sharing a character
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
- 安闲舒适 ān xián shū shì
- 无所适从 wú suǒ shì cóng
- 适逢其会 shì féng qí huì
- 一蹴可几 yī cù kě jī
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 不可胜言 bù kě shèng yán
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不可思议 bù kě sī yì
- 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù
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