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不到火候不揭锅

bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō

7-character word Traditional 不到火候不揭鍋

What 不到火候不揭锅 means

1. don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

The characters in 不到火候不揭锅

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing