捷足先登

Chinese

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victory; triumph; quick; prompt; rapid

!foot; to be sufficient

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early; prior; former; in advance; first

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to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record

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Etymology

Literally: The quick of foot will be the first to ascend.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍p-tsiok-sian-ting
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciabcioksiendefng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³ tiɪŋ³³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Proverb

捷足先登

  1. The early bird gets the worm.
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