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朝三暮四

zhāo sān mù sì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

朝三暮四 (zhāo sān mù sì) means "lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; t". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 朝三暮四 means

1. lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
2. indecisive
3. to blow hot and cold

The characters in 朝三暮四

• 朝zhāomorning
• 三sānthree; 3
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 四sìfour; 4

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