the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served
Characters in this word
4捷
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variant of 捷[jie2], quick, nimble
- Pinyin
- jié
- Traditional
- 㨗
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 44234 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500
先
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beforehand; first; earlier, at first; originally, for the time being; for now, (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- Pinyin
- xiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 295 of 2500
登
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to scale (a height), to ascend, to mount, to publish or record, to enter (e.g. in a register), to press down with the foot, to step or tread on, to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect), to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- Pinyin
- dēng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5475 of 2500