不及 bùjí

1. bùjí adverb not as good as; inferior to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 比不上 (CC-CEDICT '不及'; Guoyu '不及' 1; Mathews 1931 '不及', p. 61)
2. bùjí adverb not enough time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '不及' 2)
3. bùjí adverb insufficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '不及' 3; Mathews 1931 '不及', p. 61)

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• 等不及 can't wait
• 鸡不及凤(雞不及鳳) a chicken is not equal to a phoenix
• 愚者不及 a fool is not sufficient
• 猝不及防 to be caught off guard; without warning
• 迅雷不及掩耳 thunder is too fast to allow time to cover one's ears; as fast as lightening
• 迫不及待 in a hurry to do something that can't wait
• 疾雷不及塞耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to block one's ears
• 不及物动词(不及物動詞) intransitive verb
• 有过之而无不及(有過之而無不及) not to be inferior in any aspects; to surpass; to outdo; to be even worse
• 驷不及舌(駟不及舌) a team of four horses is not enough to hold back the tongue; once words are spoken they cannot be taken back
• 赶不及(趕不及) not enough time; too late
• 言不及义(言不及義) to talk nonsense; frivolous talk
• 措手不及 no time to deal with it; caught unprepared
• 过犹不及(過猶不及) too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
• 力所不及 beyond one's power
• 不及格 to fail; to flunk
• 见善如不及(見善如不及) to see good as if it was not attainable
• 来不及(來不及) there is not enough time
• 疾雷不及掩耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to cover one's ears
• 后悔不及(後悔不及) sorry that this is not sufficient
• 悔之不及 sorry that this is not sufficient

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快鹞赶不及

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