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来不及

lái bu jí · lai bu ji

Traditional 來不及

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. there's not enough time (to do sth)
  2. it's too late (to do sth)
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Hurry!

  1. Dengdeng

    快点(kuàidiǎn)快点(kuàidiǎn)，再(zài)不(bù)走(zǒu)就(jiù)来不及(láibují)了(le)！

    Hurry, hurry! If we don't leave now, we will be too late!

  2. Liangliang

    还有(háiyǒu)二十分钟(èrshífēnzhōng)呢(ne)，怎么(zěnme)会(huì)来不及(láibují)？

    There are still twenty minutes. How can we be too late?

  3. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，这里(zhèlǐ)到(dào)地铁站(dìtiězhàn)要(yào)走(zǒu)三十分钟(sānshífēnzhōng)。

    Look, it takes thirty minutes to walk from here to the subway station.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)真的(zhēnde)来不及(láibují)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)打车(dǎchē)吧(ba)！

    Then we really are too late. Let's take a taxi!

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，打车(dǎchē)还(hái)来得及(láidejí)。

    OK. By taxi we are still in time.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)时(shí)间(jiān)来(lái)不(bu)及(jí)啦(la)，你(nǐ)快(kuài)一(yì)点(diǎn)呀(ya)！

I don't have enough time, hurry up!

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by soj4l · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

不(bù)，如(rú)果(guǒ)不(bù)从(cóng)现(xiàn)在(zài)开(kāi)始(shǐ)练(liàn)习(xí)，就(jiù)来(lái)不(bu)及(jí)了(le) 。

No, if you do not start practising from now onwards, it would be too late.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fengli · English by BobbyLee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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