Three in a row and five in a row
The Chinese idiom Li á ns à Nku à w à is used to describe quick action. It comes from the 16th chapter of biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 16th chapter of biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty: "when he said that, he went out and went down the stairs, with a whoosh, he jumped on the floor and went up to the room. Along the ridge of the house, he walked like flying, three or five times in a row, and disappeared for a moment."
Idiom usage
Used as an attributive or adverbial; spoken
Chinese PinYin : lián sān kuà wǔ
Three in a row and five in a row
refuse to mend one 's ways after repeated education. lǚ jiàn bù gǎi
Lose the liver and write the gall. shū gān xiě dǎn
spare no effort in searching for. tiě xié tà pò