岁不我与 — Chinese idiom
岁不我与
suì bù wǒ yǔ
Traditional: 歲不我與
Meaning
- Time and tide wait for no man
Character by character
- 岁suìyear; years old, age; harvest
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 与yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
Idioms sharing a character
- 峥嵘岁月 zhēng róng suì yuè
- 日久岁深 rì jiǔ suì shēn
- 岁月如梭 suì yuè rú suō
- 岁月流逝 suì yuè liú shì
- 长命百岁 cháng mìng bǎi suì
- 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
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