事不宜迟
shì​bù​yí​chí

no time to lose

  • created sense approved 事不宜迟/事不宜遲 · shì​bù​yí​chí · no time to lose — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事不宜迟 / 事不宜遲

    shì​bù​yí​chí

    no time to lose

    the matter is urgent and should not be delayed; one must lose no time in doing something

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 不宜 (literal) → 不宜 · bù​yí · unsuitable 迟 (literal) → 迟/遲 · chí · late

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense