- lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
Characters
- 笨 (笨): stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
- 鸟 (鳥): variant of 屌[diao3]; penis
- 先 (先): beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 飞 (飛): to fly
Resources
- Wiktionary: 笨鸟先飞
- MDBG: 笨鸟先飞
- Examples with 笨鸟先飞 on Tatoeba
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