tam tư hậu hành
Pronunciation
Northern
/taːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧ hə̰ʔw˨˩ ha̤jŋ˨˩/
Central
/taːm˧˥ tɨ˧˥ hə̰w˨˨ han˧˧/
Southern
/taːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧ həw˨˩˨ han˨˩/
look before you leap
Phrase
look before you leap
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Phrase
look before you leap Discourse & Logic
A proverb suggesting that one should think carefully about the consequences before taking any action.
vi Trước khi mua xe, bạn cần tam tư hậu hành.
en Before buying a car, you should think carefully about the consequences.
Parts
tam / tư / hậu …
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Parts
tam / tư / hậu …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
三四後莖
Candidates by syllable
tam
三
tư
四
hậu
後
hành
莖（桁 / 荇）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan / tam quốc diễn nghĩa …
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Use
tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan / tam quốc diễn nghĩa …