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说时迟，那时快

shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài

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Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) no sooner said than done
  2. 2. before you know it

Child Words of 说时迟，那时快

那时
nà shí

then

迟
chí

late

说
shuì

to persuade

时
shí

o'clock

快
kuài

rapid

那
nà

(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi])

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say