说时迟，那时快
说时迟，那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
(idiom) no sooner said than done; before you know it
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Traditional: 說時遲，那時快
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- (idiom) (idiom) no sooner said than done
- before you know it
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Related Words
一问三不知(yī wèn sān bù zhī)· lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
→一如既往(yī rú jì wǎng)· just as in the past (idiom); as before
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)· before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→九九归一(jiǔ jiǔ guī yī)· nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)
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