心急吃不了热豆腐
Traditional: 心急吃不了熱豆腐Dictionary entry
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
What does 心急吃不了热豆腐 mean?
心急吃不了热豆腐 (xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu) has the following dictionary meaning.
1hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
2one just has to be patient
3haste will ruin everything
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心xīnheart · mind急jíurgent · pressing吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)热rèto warm up · to heat up豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) (variant of 豆[dou4])腐fǔdecay · rotten
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心急吃不了热豆腐
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