Read Edit View history Discussion 捷足先登 jiézúxiāndēng the early bird catches the worm Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 捷足先登 jiézúxiāndēng the early bird catches the worm The quick-footed climb up first; a metaphor for those who act fast being the ones to reach their goal first or get what they want. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.890 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.625 per million Cross-References Same as 疾足先得 jízúxiāndéAntonym 坐失良机 zuòshīliángjī Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
捷足先登 jiézúxiāndēng the early bird catches the worm The quick-footed climb up first; a metaphor for those who act fast being the ones to reach their goal first or get what they want. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.890 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.625 per million Cross-References Same as 疾足先得 jízúxiāndéAntonym 坐失良机 zuòshīliángjī Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)