岁不我与 / 歲不我與

suì​bù​wǒ​yǔ

time and tide wait for no one

Time does not wait for us; used to express that time passes quickly, opportunities should not be missed, or to lament that one is getting old

岁 (literal) → 岁/歲 · suì · year 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, 07:58 PM