(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
trad. 適可而止
Also written 適可而止【shì kě ér zhǐ】
Characters in this word
4适
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see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
- Pinyin
- kuò
- Strokes
- 9
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
止
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to stop, to prohibit, until, only
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19491 of 2500