迫不及待 — Chinese idiom
迫不及待
pò bù jí dài
Meaning
- unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
Character by character
- 迫pòto compel, to force; pressing, urgent
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
- 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
Idioms sharing a character
- 贫病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò
- 迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ
- 迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié
- 饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
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