| Subject | English | Chinese |
| brit. | on second thought | 经再三考虑 |
| scient. | on second thoughts | 经重新［进一步］考虑 |
| brit. | on second thought | 进一步考虑后 |
| brit. | on second thoughts | 经再三考虑 |
| brit. | on second thoughts | 进一步考虑后 |
| lit. | second thought | 重新考虑 |
| econ. | second thought period | 重新考虑期限 (合同签订后，用于考虑甚至拒绝执行合同的特许时间) |
| gen. | have second thoughts | 重新考虑 |
| gen. | have second thoughts | 改变主意 |