you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom); one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
trad. 不見兔子不撒鷹
Also written 不見兔子不撒鷹【bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng】
Characters in this word
6不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
兔
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variant of 兔[tu4]
- Pinyin
- tù
- Traditional
- 兎
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 13446 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
撒
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to let go, to cast, to let loose, to discharge, to give expression to, (coll.) to pee
- Pinyin
- sā
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 3530 of 2500
鹰
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general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
- Pinyin
- yīng
- Traditional
- 鷹
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 13036 of 2500