不到河边不脱鞋
不到河邊不脫鞋
不到河邊不脱鞋
don't take off your shoes until you reach the river
Saying俗语俗語
Idiom惯用语 · Widely known
- Meaning
- Don't act until conditions are ripe and you are sure. Cautious, practical; like "don't cross your bridges before you come to them".
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- Simplified
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不到河边不脱鞋
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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不到河邊不脫鞋
- Traditional (Hong Kong)
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不到河邊不脱鞋
- Pinyin
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búdào hébiān bù tuōxié
- Bopomofo
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ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
Written with
HSK 1 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
A1.
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