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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 时不我待

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时不我待 shí bù wǒ dài - (idiom) time and tide wait for no man

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,805 56,371 51,939

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- I; me; my
dāi- to stay; to remain
dài- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to

Other Words Containing 时不我待

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
时不我待 - - 36,805 56,371 51,939