馬不及鞍

See also: 马不及鞍

Chinese

		horse; surname	to not do something in time; to be too late; to not reach	saddle
trad. (馬不及鞍)		馬	不及	鞍
simp. (马不及鞍)		马	不及	鞍

Etymology

Literally: not enough time to saddle one's horse

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎ bùjí ān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ bùjí ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎ bùjí an
  - Wade–Giles: ma³ pu⁴-chi² an¹
  - Yale: mǎ bù-jí ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa bujyi an
  - Palladius: ма буцзи ань (ma buczi anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/

Idiom

馬不及鞍

in a hurry; literally - no time to saddle the horses

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