朝 cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 龺 sunlight 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
朝三暮四
zhāosānmùsì
to be fickle; to change one's mind constantly
Characters in this word
暮 mù
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
四 sì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在合作条件上朝三暮四，导致谈判方对他的诚信产生怀疑。 Tā zài hézuò tiáojiàn shàng zhāosānmùsì, dǎozhì tánpàn fāng duì tā de chéngxìn chǎnshēng huáiyí. He kept changing his mind about the terms of cooperation, causing the negotiating side to doubt his credibility.
- 买手机这件事他朝三暮四，最后什么都没买。 Mǎi shǒujī zhè jiàn shì tā zhāosānmùsì, zuìhòu shénme dōu méi mǎi. He kept changing his mind about buying a phone, and in the end bought nothing.
- 他朝三暮四的性格让大家很难信任他。 Tā zhāosānmùsì de xìnggé ràng dàjiā hěn nán xìnrèn tā. His fickle character makes it hard for everyone to trust him.
Related words
- 朝 cháo toward
- 朝代 cháodài dynasty
- 王朝 wángcháo dynasty
- 有朝一日 yǒuzhāoyírì one day; someday
- 朝气蓬勃 zhāoqìpéngbó full of youthful energy; vigorous and energetic
- 朝夕相处 zhāoxīxiāngchǔ to spend all one's time together; to be in close daily contact
- 三 sān three
- 再三 zàisān again and again
- 丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful; careless about details
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 举一反三 jǔyīfǎnsān to draw inferences from one example
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì repeatedly; again and again