见好就收

見好就收
jiànhǎojiùshōu
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to quit while one is ahead
  2. 2 to know when to stop

Examples

Chǎogǔ yào jiànhǎojiùshōu, búyào tài tānxīn.
When trading stocks, quit while you're ahead — don't get greedy.
Tā zhīdào jiànhǎojiùshōu, suǒyǐ cónglái méi zāi guò dà gēntou.
He knows when to stop, so he's never taken a major fall.

Tips

memory
Char-by-char: 见好 'see (things going) well' + 'then (immediately)' + 'pull back / wrap up'. Spot the win, take the win — same logic as English 'quit while you're ahead'.

Stroke Order

jiàn
hǎo
jiù
shōu