心急吃不了热豆腐

Traditional form:

心急吃不了熱豆腐

Pinyin (reading):

xīnjíchībuliǎorèdòufu

Definitions:

• hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
• one just has to be patient
• haste will ruin everything

Characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 热 - heat, fever, zeal
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten

Traditional characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 熱 - heat, fever, zeal
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten