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收刀检卦

收刀检卦 — “To cease one's mischievous or harmful activities”

收刀检卦 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cease one's mischievous or harmful activities”. To stop one's wrongdoing. Literally, “Sheathe the knife and examine the divination trigrams”.

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收刀检卦 Pronunciation and Pinyin

收刀检卦 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
收
shōu6receive, collect, or put away
刀
dāo2knife
检
jiǎn11check, inspect, examine
卦
guà8divination trigram or hexagram

Example Sentence with 收刀检卦

他在受到警告后,终于收刀检卦,不再做那些让人担忧的事情了
After being warned, he finally ceased his mischievous activities and no longer did those things that caused worry.

Idioms Related to 收刀检卦

More idioms starting with 收

  • shōu收zhī之sāng桑yú榆compensate for an initial loss with a later gain
  • shōu收mǎi买rén人xīn心win popular support
  • shōu收bīng兵huí回yíng营withdraw troops and return to camp
  • shōu收hé合yú余jìn烬Gather remaining embers or remnants
  • shōu收huí回chéng成mìng命withdraw a previously issued order
  • shōu收yīn因zhǒng种guǒ果reap what one has sown
  • shōu收yīn因jié结guǒ果reap what one has sown
  • shōu收yuán园jié结guǒ果reap what one sows
  • shōu收chéng成qì弃bài败fawn over successful, abandon defeated
  • shōu收qí旗juǎn卷sǎn伞cease all activities
  • shōu收cán残zhuì缀yì轶collect fragments and patch omissions
  • shōu收lí离jiū纠sàn散gather the scattered and rectify the dispersed

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What does 收刀检卦 mean?

收刀检卦 (shōu dāo jiǎn guà) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cease one's mischievous or harmful activities”.

How do you pronounce 收刀检卦?

收刀检卦 is pronounced shōu dāo jiǎn guà in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 收刀检卦 literally mean?

Literally, 收刀检卦 means “Sheathe the knife and examine the divination trigrams”. It is used to mean “to cease one's mischievous or harmful activities”.

What is the Chinese definition of 收刀检卦?

指停止胡作非为。

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