created reference approved 笨鸟先飞/笨鳥先飛 → 坌鸟先飞/坌鳥先飛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
笨鸟先飞 / 笨鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi
坌鸟先飞 / 坌鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 笨鸟先飞/笨鳥先飛 → 笨雀先飞/笨雀先飛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
笨鸟先飞 / 笨鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi
笨雀先飞 / 笨雀先飛 bènquèxiānfēi
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 笨鸟先飞/笨鳥先飛 · bènniǎoxiānfēi · the slow need to start early — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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)
笨 (literal) → 笨 · bèn · stupid 鸟 (literal) → 鸟/鳥 · niǎo · bird 先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition