笨鸟先飞 bènniǎoxiānfēi the slow need to start early Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi the slow need to start early lit. the clumsy bird flies early; to work hard or start sooner to compensate for one's limited abilities (often used as a humble expression about oneself) Frequency Written text 0.129 per million Cross-References Variant of 坌鸟先飞 bènniǎoxiānfēi笨雀先飞 bènquèxiānfēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi the slow need to start early lit. the clumsy bird flies early; to work hard or start sooner to compensate for one's limited abilities (often used as a humble expression about oneself) Frequency Written text 0.129 per million Cross-References Variant of 坌鸟先飞 bènniǎoxiānfēi笨雀先飞 bènquèxiānfēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
