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捷足先登
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beat to the punch; the early bird catches the worm; the fastest reaches the goal; the race is to the swiftest [literal] faster feet reach first [antonym] 姍姍來遲 Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:捷 zit6 - victory; swift足 zuk1 - [1] foot [2] enough [3] fully 先 sin1 - first; before; temporarily 登 dang1 - ascend; climb; publish |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).