來得早不如來得巧 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 来得早不如来得巧 láidezǎobùrúláideqiǎo ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄗㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧㄠˇ arriving early can't beat coming at the right time perfect timing Character by character 來(lái)come 得(de)links a verb to how it is done 早(zǎo)early 不(bù)no 如(rú)as 來(lái)come 得(de)links a verb to how it is done 巧(qiǎo)opportunely A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0