見兔顧犬
jiàn​tù​gù​quǎn

to act at the right time

  • created reference approved 见兔顾犬/見兔顧犬 → 亡羊补牢/亡羊補牢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见兔顾犬 / 見兔顧犬 jiàn​tù​gù​quǎn

    亡羊补牢 / 亡羊補牢 wáng​yáng​bǔ​láo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 见兔顾犬/見兔顧犬 · jiàn​tù​gù​quǎn · to act at the right time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见兔顾犬 / 見兔顧犬

    jiàn​tù​gù​quǎn

    to act at the right time

    To act or take measures as soon as the opportunity or situation arises; to cope with a sudden situation; it suggests that taking action late is better than not at all, often paired with the idiom [[亡羊补牢|亡羊補牢|wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2]]

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 兔 (literal) → 兔 · tù · rabbit 顾 (literal) → 顾/顧 · gù · to look back 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog

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

    created sense