擇日不如撞日

擇日不如撞日

Chinese

		to select an auspicious day	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (擇日不如撞日)		擇日	不如	撞	日
simp. (择日不如撞日)		择日	不如	撞	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zérì bùrú zhuàng rì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zérì bùrú zhuàng rì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzerryh buru juanq ryh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zérì bùrú jhuàng rì
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂwɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Phrase

擇日不如撞日

1. “to pick a date is not as good as to encounter a date”; as for to do something, it's better to do it now.