时不我与 / 時不我與

shí​bù​wǒ​yǔ

time and tide wait for no man

Time does not wait for us; used to describe a lost opportunity or the feeling that time is running out to act.

时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · time 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · I 与 (literal) → 与/與 · yǔ · to wait

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM