疾雷不及掩耳 jí léi bù jí yǎn ěr
jí léi bù jí yǎn ěr
phrase
a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to cover one's ears
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: When an emergency arises it is too late to prepare (Guoyu '疾雷不及掩耳'; Mathews 1931 '疾雷不及掩耳', p. 64)
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- 卷45 列傳第10 文四子 Volume 45 Biographies 10: Wen Sizi Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷六十七 列傳第十七: 李靖 李勣 Volume 67 Biographies 17: Li Jing, Li Ji Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷二十二 魏書二十二 桓二陳徐衛盧傳 Volume 22: Book of Wei 22 - Biographies of Huan, the two Chens, Xu, Wei, and Lu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
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Collocations
- 所谓疾雷不及掩耳 (所謂疾雷不及掩耳) 所謂疾雷不及掩耳 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 6