来不及(lái bu jí): there's not enough time (to do sth)
there's not enough time (to do sth)
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 来不及 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
要退缩已经来不及了。
yào tuì suō yǐ jīng lái bù jí le
It was too late to retreat.
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