look before one leaps

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27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: matë tre herë, prit një herë — think before taking action
• Bulgarian: три пъти мери, веднъж режи (tri pǎti meri, vednǎž reži) — think before taking action
• Bulgarian: три пъти мери, един път режи (tri pǎti meri, edin pǎt reži) — think before taking action
• Chinese Cantonese: 三思而行 (saam3 si1 ji4 hang4) — think before taking action
• Chinese Mandarin: 三思而後行 /三思而后行 (sānsī ér hòuxíng) — think before taking action
• Chinese Mandarin: 三思而行 (sānsī'érxíng) — think before taking action
• Czech: dvakrát měř, jednou řež — think before taking action
• Dutch: bezint eer ge begint — think before taking action
• Dutch: bezint eer gij begint — think before taking action
• Finnish: parempi katsoa kuin katua — think before taking action
• French: réfléchir avant d'agir — think before taking action
• German: erst wägen, dann wagen — think before taking action
• Hungarian: először gondolkodj, aztán cselekedj — think before taking action
• Italian: medita prima di agire — think before taking action
• Japanese: 転ばぬ先の杖 (korobanu saki no tsue) — think before taking action
• Korean: 누울 자리 봐 가며 발을 뻗어라 (nuul jari bwa gamyeo bareul ppeodeora) — think before taking action
• Malay: dengar cakap enggang, makan buah beluluk; dengar cakap orang, terjun masuk lubuk — think before taking action
• Polish: pomyśleć, zanim zadziałać — think before taking action
• Portuguese: olhar antes de saltar — think before taking action
• Russian: семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жь (semʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹ) — think before taking action
• Russian: не зна́я бро́ду, не су́йся в во́ду (ne znája bródu, ne sújsja v vódu) — think before taking action
• Russian: поспеши́шь - люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ - ljudéj nasmešíšʹ) — think before taking action
• Slovak: dvakrát meraj, raz rež — think before taking action
• Somali: inta aanad falin ka fiirso — think before taking action
• Spanish: antes que te cases, mira lo que haces — think before taking action
• Swedish: titta innan du hoppar — think before taking action
• Tamil: ஆழம் தெரியாமல் காலை விடாதே (āḻam teriyāmal kālai viṭātē) — think before taking action