| 心急吃不了热豆腐 |
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu |
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 心急 |
xīn jí |
anxious / impatient |
| 急 |
jí |
urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不了 |
bù le |
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) |
| 不了 |
bù liǎo |
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 个 + ~) without end; incessantly |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 热 |
rè |
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent |
| 豆 |
dòu |
legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆) |
| 豆 |
dòu |
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:颗,粒) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl |
| 豆腐 |
dòu fu |
tofu / bean curd |
| 腐 |
fǔ |
decay / rotten |