alexamies Posted August 20, 2007 at 03:12 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 at 03:12 AM Can anybody tell me what this means? I cannot find it any any dictionary that I have looked in, including my Dictionary of Chinese Idioms. 物竞天择，时不我待。 Here is the following sentence. It is from an article on the Xinhua web site on economic reform in China. 正如去年全国两会期间，胡锦涛总书记在参加人大代表团审议时所指出的，要在新的历史起点上继续推进社会主义现代化建设，说到底要靠深化改革、扩大开放。要毫不动摇地坚持改革方向，要不失时机地推进改革。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootfool Posted August 20, 2007 at 06:00 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 at 06:00 AM 物竞天择 is derived from the theory of Revolution.It means nature select the fittest creature by competetion. 时不我待=时不待我 is a inversion.Means chance/time didn't wait me/us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realyunzhi Posted August 20, 2007 at 01:37 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 at 01:37 PM rootfool is absolutely right! and my view is 时不我待 it means " you never get the second chance to (do sth)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexamies Posted August 20, 2007 at 02:38 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 at 02:38 PM Thanks. That makes sense. I think that this was a difficult one because I asked a native speaker and she didn't know what this meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugubert Posted August 20, 2007 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 at 05:09 PM Wenlin puts it struggle for survival by the law of natural selection time waits for no one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_chen Posted August 21, 2007 at 03:23 AM Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 at 03:23 AM Lugubert. i quite agree with what you translated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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