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Do Not Take Action Until the Time is Right in Chinese / Japanese...

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Do not take action until the time is right

 bù dào huǒ hou bù jiē guō
Do not take action until the time is right Scroll

不到火候不揭锅 translates as: Don't take the lid off the pot until the food is done.

Figuratively, this means: Don't take action until the time is right.

You can take this as a call to be patient or pick just the right time to do something (not too early, not too late).




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
 de
    デ
(particle) (1) (indicates location of action) at; in; (particle) (2) (indicates time of action) at; when; (particle) (3) (indicates means of action) by; with; (conjunction) (4) (colloquialism) (See それで) so; therefore; (and) then; accordingly; (conjunction) (5) (colloquialism) (See ところで・1) by the way; incidentally; now then; well; (personal name) De; Des

see styles
 o
    を
(particle) (1) indicates direct object of action; (particle) (2) indicates subject of causative expression; (particle) (3) indicates an area traversed; (particle) (4) indicates time (period) over which action takes place; (particle) (5) indicates point of departure or separation of action; (particle) (6) (See が・1) indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

see styles

    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 shi
    それ
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
(irregular okurigana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you; (1) (archaism) that; (2) (archaism) he; she; that person; (1) (archaism) that; (2) you; (3) oneself; themself
therein

see styles
xíng
    xing2
hsing
 yukue
    ゆくえ
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
(n,n-suf) (1) going; travelling; traveling; journey; trip; (2) act; action; (suffix noun) (3) bank; (counter) (4) counter for banks; (counter) (5) counter for groups or parties of people; (6) type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards); (7) (hist) shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods); (8) (hist) merchants' guild (in the Tang period); (female given name) Yukue
Go; act; do; perform; action; conduct; functioning; the deed; whatever is done by mind, mouth, or body, i.e. in thought, word, or deed. It is used for ayana, going, road, course; a march, a division of time equal to six months; also for saṁskāra, form, operation, perfecting, as one of the twelve nidānas, similar to karma, action, work, deed, especially moral action, cf. 業.

see styles

    qi3
ch`i
    chi
 hajime
    はじめ
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
(irregular okurigana usage) source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis; (female given name) Hajime
To rise, raise, start, begin; uprising; tr. utpada.

にて

see styles
 nite
    にて
(particle) (1) (form) (indicates location of action) at; in; (particle) (2) (form) (indicates time of action) at; when; (particle) (3) (form) (indicates means of action) by; with; (conjunction) (4) (form) and then; so

下來


下来

see styles
xià lai
    xia4 lai5
hsia lai
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

其れ

see styles
 sore
    それ
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you

出処

see styles
 dedokoro
    でどころ
    dedoko
    でどこ
    shussho
    しゅっしょ
(1) origin; source; authority; (2) exit; point of departure; (3) time to take action; (1) origin; source; authority; (2) birthplace; (noun/participle) (3) release (discharge) from prison

出所

see styles
 dedokoro
    でどころ
(1) origin; source; authority; (2) exit; point of departure; (3) time to take action; (1) origin; source; authority; (2) birthplace; (noun/participle) (3) release (discharge) from prison; (surname) Dedokoro

熟す

see styles
 jukusu
    じゅくす
(v5s,vs-c,vi) (1) to ripen; to mature; (v5s,vs-c,vi) (2) to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); (v5s,vs-c,vi) (3) to be in common use; to come to sound natural; (v5s,vs-c,vi) (4) to become skilled

三一致

see styles
 sanicchi
    さんいっち
règle des trois unités; the three unities (time, place and action)

熟する

see styles
 jukusuru
    じゅくする
(vs-s,vi) (1) to ripen; to mature; (vs-s,vi) (2) to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); (vs-s,vi) (3) to be in common use; to come to sound natural; (vs-s,vi) (4) to become skilled

休暇戦術

see styles
 kyuukasenjutsu / kyukasenjutsu
    きゅうかせんじゅつ
leave-taking tactics; many employees taking paid leave at the same time as a form of industrial action

出どころ

see styles
 dedokoro
    でどころ
(1) origin; source; authority; (2) exit; point of departure; (3) time to take action

Variations:

にて

 de(p); nite(p)
    で(P); にて(P)
(particle) (1) (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form) at; in; (particle) (2) (indicates time of action) at; when; (particle) (3) (indicates means of action) by; with; (conjunction) (4) and then; so; (auxiliary) (5) (で only) (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types) (See て) and; then; (particle) (6) (で only) (ksb:) (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.) (See よ・1) let me tell you; don't you know

Variations:
出どころ
出所
出処

 dedokoro; dedoko(出所, 出処)
    でどころ; でどこ(出所, 出処)
(1) (See 出所・しゅっしょ・1) source; origin; (2) exit; way out; (3) (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear; time to go into action

Variations:
掛ける
懸ける

 kakeru
    かける
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (See 壁にかける) to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) (See 眼鏡を掛ける) to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) (See 電話を掛ける) to make (a call); (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) (See 時間を掛ける) to spend (time, money); to expend; to use; (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) (See 塩をかける) to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto; (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, song, etc.); to use (a device, implement, etc.); (transitive verb) (8) (kana only) (See 迷惑を掛ける) to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose; (transitive verb) (9) (kana only) {math} to multiply (arithmetic operation); (transitive verb) (10) (kana only) (See 鍵を掛ける) to secure (e.g. lock); (transitive verb) (11) (kana only) (See 腰を掛ける) to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else); (transitive verb) (12) (kana only) (also as 繋ける) to bind; (transitive verb) (13) (kana only) (See 賭ける・かける) to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble; (transitive verb) (14) (kana only) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; (transitive verb) (15) (kana only) to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (transitive verb) (16) (kana only) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); (transitive verb) (17) (kana only) (See 裁判に掛ける) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); (transitive verb) (18) (kana only) to increase further; (transitive verb) (19) (kana only) to catch (in a trap, etc.); (transitive verb) (20) (kana only) to set atop; (transitive verb) (21) (kana only) to erect (a makeshift building); (transitive verb) (22) (kana only) (See 保険を掛ける・1) to apply (insurance); (transitive verb) (23) (kana only) (See 掛詞) to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words; (suf,v1) (24) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 話し掛ける・2,治りかける) to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...; (suf,v1) (25) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb; indicates an action is being directed to someone) (See 話し掛ける・1) to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone)

步子太大,容易扯著蛋


步子太大,容易扯着蛋

bù zi tài dà , róng yì chě zhe dàn
    bu4 zi5 tai4 da4 , rong2 yi4 che3 zhe5 dan4
pu tzu t`ai ta , jung i ch`e che tan
    pu tzu tai ta , jung i che che tan
if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Rang4 Zi3 dan4 Fei1]); (fig.) take things one step at a time

Variations:
其れ
其(io)

 sore
    それ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind) (See これ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) that; it; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) then; that point (in time); that time; (pronoun) (3) (archaism) (indicating a place near the listener) there; (pronoun) (4) (archaism) you

Variations:
其れ(rK)
其(sK)

 sore
    それ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind) (See これ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) that; it; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) then; that point (in time); that time; (pronoun) (3) (archaism) (indicating a place near the listener) there; (pronoun) (4) (archaism) you

Variations:
出所
出処
出どころ

 shussho(出所, 出処)(p); dedokoro; dedoko(出所, 出処)
    しゅっしょ(出所, 出処)(P); でどころ; でどこ(出所, 出処)
(1) origin; source; authority; (2) (しゅっしょ only) birthplace; (noun/participle) (3) (しゅっしょ only) release from prison; discharge from prison; (4) (でどころ, でどこ only) exit; point of departure; (5) (でどころ, でどこ only) time to take action

Variations:
掛ける
懸ける(rK)

 kakeru
    かける
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (See 壁にかける) to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) (See 眼鏡を掛ける) to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) (See 電話を掛ける) to make (a call); (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) (See 時間を掛ける) to spend (time, money); to expend; to use; (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) (See 塩をかける) to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto; (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, song, etc.); to use (a device, implement, etc.); (transitive verb) (8) (kana only) (See 迷惑を掛ける) to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose; (transitive verb) (9) (kana only) {math} to multiply (arithmetic operation); (transitive verb) (10) (kana only) (See 鍵を掛ける) to secure (e.g. lock); (transitive verb) (11) (kana only) (See 腰を掛ける) to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else); (transitive verb) (12) (kana only) (also as 繋ける) to bind; (transitive verb) (13) (kana only) (See 賭ける・かける) to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble; (transitive verb) (14) (kana only) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; (transitive verb) (15) (kana only) to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (transitive verb) (16) (kana only) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); (transitive verb) (17) (kana only) (See 裁判に掛ける) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); (transitive verb) (18) (kana only) to increase further; (transitive verb) (19) (kana only) to catch (in a trap, etc.); (transitive verb) (20) (kana only) to set atop; (transitive verb) (21) (kana only) to erect (a makeshift building); (transitive verb) (22) (kana only) (See 保険を掛ける・1) to apply (insurance); (transitive verb) (23) (kana only) (See 掛詞) to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words; (suf,v1) (24) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 話し掛ける・2) to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...; (suf,v1) (25) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb; indicates an action is being directed to someone) (See 話し掛ける・1) to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone)

Variations:
其れ(rK)
其(io)(rK)

 sore
    それ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind) (See これ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) that; it; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) then; that point (in time); that time; (pronoun) (3) (archaism) (indicating a place near the listener) there; (pronoun) (4) (archaism) you

Variations:
此れ

是れ

之れ


此(io)

 kore
    これ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) (See それ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) this; this one; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) this person; (pronoun) (3) (kana only) (as これから, これまで, etc.) now; this point (in time); (pronoun) (4) (dated) (kana only) here; (adverb) (5) (litf) (kana only) used to stress the subject of a sentence; (pronoun) (6) (archaism) I; me

Variations:
此れ(rK)
是(rK)
之(rK)
維(rK)
惟(rK)
此(sK)
是れ(sK)
之れ(sK)

 kore
    これ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) (See それ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) this; this one; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) this person; (pronoun) (3) (kana only) (as これから, これまで, etc.) now; this point (in time); (pronoun) (4) (dated) (kana only) here; (adverb) (5) (form) (kana only) used to stress the subject of a sentence; (pronoun) (6) (archaism) I; me

Variations:
此れ(rK)
是(rK)
是れ(rK)
之(rK)
之れ(rK)
維(rK)
惟(rK)
此(io)(rK)

 kore
    これ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) (See それ・1,あれ・1,どれ・1) this; this one; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) this person; (pronoun) (3) (kana only) (as これから, これまで, etc.) now; this point (in time); (pronoun) (4) (dated) (kana only) here; (adverb) (5) (form) (kana only) used to stress the subject of a sentence; (pronoun) (6) (archaism) I; me

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Do not take action until the time is right不到火候不揭鍋
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hou bù jiē guō
bu4 dao4 huo3 hou bu4 jie1 guo1
bu dao huo hou bu jie guo
budaohuohoubujieguo
pu tao huo hou pu chieh kuo
putaohuohoupuchiehkuo
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
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