趕前不趕後

赶
趕
前
前
不
不
赶
趕
后
後
it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)

Characters and words in 趕前不趕後

赶
趕
gǎn = g + an3
to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until
赶 = 干 + 走 : Guy Fawkes (g) is taking part in a nordic walking (走) marathon. The route leads through the anthill (an3) and inside there are lots of dried fruits (干) in the bar for the walkers. As Guy Fawkes passes through, he hurriedly (赶) prongs a lot of dried fruit onto his nordic walking poles (走) before the bar owner rushes (赶) him out.
赶
趕
gǎn = g + an3
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
前
qián = qi + an2
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
后
後
hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后 = ⺁ + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.

Words with 趕前不趕後

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