朝三暮四 — Chinese idiom
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
Meaning
- lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening ; to change sth that is already settled upon
- indecisive
- to blow hot and cold
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
- 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī
- 朝不虑夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī
- 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
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