| 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 |
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo |
(lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / (fig.) to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat; level; smooth / to make even; to level / equal; on the same level / (bound form) fair; impartial / to tie; to draw / (bound form) average; ordinary / (bound form) calm; peaceful / (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down / (abbr. for 平声) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米) |
| 平时 |
píng shí |
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime |
| 时 |
shí |
old variant of 时 |
| 时 |
Shí |
surname Shi |
| 时 |
shí |
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 烧 |
shāo |
to burn; to set on fire / to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) / to braise / to cook; to prepare food / to run a fever / fever / (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away |
| 烧香 |
shāo xiāng |
to burn incense |
| 香 |
xiāng |
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根 |
| 临 |
lín |
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before |
| 临时 |
lín shí |
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc |
| 临时抱佛脚 |
lín shí bào fó jiǎo |
(idiom) see 抱佛脚 |
| 时 |
shí |
old variant of 时 |
| 时 |
Shí |
surname Shi |
| 时 |
shí |
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period |
| 抱 |
bào |
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely |
| 抱佛脚 |
bào fó jiǎo |
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚) |
| 佛 |
Fó |
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀) |
| 佛 |
fú |
used in 仿佛 |
| 佛 |
fú |
used in 仿佛 |
| 佛 |
fú |
(female) head ornament / variant of 佛 |
| 脚 |
jiǎo |
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:双,只 / classifier for kicks |
| 脚 |
jué |
role (variant of 角) |