CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

捷足先登

jiézúxiāndēng

the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)

the early bird catches the worm

first come, first served

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 捷足先登 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 捷足先登 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

所谓头脑好的人，就如同步伐轻快的云游者，他可以比别人捷足先登，到达人们尚未去过的地方，但是他可能会忽略掉路旁或岔道上的珍贵物品。suǒ wèi tóu nǎo hǎo de rén， jiù rú tóng bù fá qīng kuài de yún yóu zhě， tā kě yǐ bǐ bié rén jié zú xiān dēng， dào dá rén men shàng wèi qù guò de dì fāng， dàn shì tā kě néng huì hū lüè diào lù páng huò chà dào shàng de zhēn guì wù pǐn。

A person with a sharp mind is like a nimble wanderer who can outpace others and reach places uncharted by the masses, yet they might overlook precious treasures along the way or at crossroads.

你捷足先登了。nǐ jié zú xiān dēng le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 捷足先登.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 捷足先登.

Directly before

你捷足先登1
别人捷足先登1

Directly after

捷足先登了1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 捷足先登

What does 捷足先登 mean in Chinese?

捷足先登 (jiézúxiāndēng) means the quick-footed climb up first (idiom).

How do you pronounce 捷足先登?

捷足先登 is pronounced jiézúxiāndēng.

Is 捷足先登 an HSK word?

捷足先登 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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