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捷足先得
jié​zú​xiān​dé

the race is to the swift

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
捷足先得 jié​zú​xiān​dé
the race is to the swift
The swift-footed person is the first to arrive; used to describe those who act quickly and achieve their goal first.

Frequency

Written text
0.009 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 疾足先得 jí​zú​xiān​dé

Antonym

  • 坐失良机 zuò​shī​liáng​jī

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)