时不我待

Traditional form:

時不我待

Pinyin (reading):

shíbùwǒdài

Definitions:

• time and tide wait for no man (idiom)

Characters:

• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 我 - I, me, my; our, us
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait

Traditional characters:

• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 我 - I, me, my; our, us
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait