为时不晚 — Chinese idiom
为时不晚
wéi shí bù wǎn
Traditional: 為時不晚
Meaning
- it is not too late
Character by character
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 晚wǎnnight, evening; late
Idioms sharing a character
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
- 不足为怪 bù zú wéi guài
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
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