赶前不赶后 — Semantide dictionary

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赶gǎn前qián不bù赶gǎn后hòu

(saying) better to act early than rush later
trad. 趕前不趕後

Also written 趕前不趕後【gǎn qián bù gǎn hòu】

Characters in this word

4

赶

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to overtake; to catch up with, to hurry; to rush, to try to catch (the bus etc), to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away, to avail oneself of (an opportunity), until; by (a certain time)

Pinyin: gǎn
Traditional: 趕

Strokes: 10
Frequency: 2694 of 2500

Words starting with 赶 Words ending in 赶 Anywhere in a word

前

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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly

Pinyin: qián

Strokes: 9
Frequency: 256 of 2500

Words starting with 前 Words ending in 前 Anywhere in a word

不

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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-

Pinyin: bù

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 9 of 2500

Words starting with 不 Words ending in 不 Anywhere in a word

后

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surname Hou

Pinyin: Hòu

Strokes: 6
Frequency: 233 of 2500

Words starting with 后 Words ending in 后 Anywhere in a word