笨鸟先飞 — Chinese idiom
笨鸟先飞
bèn niǎo xiān fēi
Traditional: 笨鳥先飛
Meaning
- lit. the clumsy bird flies early ; fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 笨头笨脑 bèn tóu bèn nǎo
- 一石二鸟 yī shí èr niǎo
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 如鸟兽散 rú niǎo shòu sàn
- 小鸟依人 xiǎo niǎo yī rén
- 乌鸟私情 wū niǎo sī qíng
- 笼鸟槛猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán
- 惊弓之鸟 jīng gōng zhī niǎo
- 鸟枪换炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào
- 鸟尽弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng
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