三七二十一 sān qī èrshíyī
sān qī èrshíyī
set phrase
three sevens are twenty-one; the facts of the matter; the actual situation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '三七二十一')
Contained in
- 不管三七二十一 regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
- 管他三七二十一 who cares; no matter what; regardless of the consequences
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials Guanzi 管子 — count: 2
- 卷十二 道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 1
- 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷八 齊一 Chapter 8: Qi I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 1
Collocations
- 三七二十一万 (三七二十一萬) 三七二十一萬 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin — count: 2