| 择日不如撞日 |
zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì |
lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion |
| 择 |
zé |
to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2] |
| 择日 |
zé rì |
to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date |
| 日 |
Rì |
abbr. for 日本, Japan |
| 日 |
rì |
sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不如 |
bù rú |
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 撞 |
zhuàng |
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident |
| 日 |
Rì |
abbr. for 日本, Japan |
| 日 |
rì |
sun / day / date, day of the month |