歲月不居
suì​yuè​bù​jū

time and tide wait for no man

  • created sense approved 岁月不居/歲月不居 · suì​yuè​bù​jū · time and tide wait for no man — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岁月不居 / 歲月不居

    suì​yuè​bù​jū

    time and tide wait for no man

    time passes quickly and never stops; used to express that life is short or that one must make the most of their time

    岁月 (literal) → 岁月/歲月 · suì​yuè · years 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to stay put

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

    created sense