捷足先登 — Chinese idiom
捷足先登
jié zú xiān dēng
Meaning
- the quick-footed climb up first
- the early bird catches the worm
- first come, first served
Character by character
- 捷jiénimble, quick; triumph, victory
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 登dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb
Idioms sharing a character
- 捷报频传 jié bào pín chuán
- 终南捷径 Zhōng nán jié jìng
- 一夔已足 yī kuí yǐ zú
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
- 不足挂齿 bù zú guà chǐ
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
- 不足为怪 bù zú wéi guài
- 人给家足 rén jǐ jiā zú
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
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