择日不如撞日

Traditional form:

擇日不如撞日

Pinyin (reading):

zérìbùrúzhuàngrì

Definitions:

• lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)
• fig. seize the occasion

Characters:

• 择 - to select, to choose
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 日 - sun; day; daytime

Traditional characters:

• 擇 - to select, to choose
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 日 - sun; day; daytime