歳月人を待たず

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
げつ
Grade: 1
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
歲月人を待たず (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 歲月不待人. From Tao Yuanming's poem.

Proverb

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|さいけつひとをまたす]]

  1. time and tide wait for no man