不到火候不揭鍋

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don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

Written Forms

不到火候不揭鍋Traditional · Main Form
不到火候不揭锅Alternate Form

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