择 日 不 如 撞 日

zérìbùrúzhuàngrì

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom); fig. seize the occasion

Traditional 擇日不如撞日

Meaning

zérìbùrúzhuàngrìze2 ri4 bu4 ru2 zhuang4 ri4

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)
fig. seize the occasion

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15 strokes

zé · to select, to choose

Radical 扌 · 8 strokes

rì · sun; day; daytime

Radical 日 · 4 strokes · Parts 口一

Pictographic: The sun

bù · no, not, un-; negative prefix

Radical 一 · 4 strokes

Ideographic: A bird flying toward the sky 一

rú · as, as if, like, such as, supposing

Radical 女 · 6 strokes · Parts 女口

Ideographic: A wife 女 following her husband's words 口

zhuàng · to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against

Radical 扌 · 15 strokes · Parts 扌童

Pictophonetic: hand

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