汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 事不过三
shì bù guò sān
事不过三 (事不過三)
a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom) / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / bad things don't happen more than three times
谓同样的事不宜连作三次。
事 shì 不 bù/bú 过 (過) guò 三 sān
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

别再迟到了，事不过三。

Don't be late again. Three strikes and you're out.

“我们给他的反馈是，‘这不是事不过三，而是下不为例’，”他说。

"Our feedback to him was, 'This is not a three-strike policy, it's a two-strike policy, '" he said.

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