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见好就收

jiàn hǎo jiù shōu

to quit while you are ahead

Character by character

见jiàn
see
好hǎo
good
就jiù
then
收shōu
stop

Example

股票已经涨了不少,我看还是见好就收吧。
The shares have risen a fair bit. I think we should quit while we are ahead.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 57 · HSK 6: 存钱、炒股与理财 (Saving, stocks and money management)
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