岁不我与 — Chinese idiom

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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