捷足先登 in English
- the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
捷
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 3 forms
足
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
先
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 forms
登
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 25 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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所谓头脑好的人,就如同步伐轻快的云游者,他可以比别人捷足先登,到达人们尚未去过的地方,但是他可能会忽略掉路旁或岔道上的珍贵物品。
A person with a sharp mind is like a nimble wanderer who can outpace others and reach places uncharted by the masses, yet they might overlook precious treasures along the way or at crossroads.