不到火候不揭锅 in English bu4 dao4 huo3 hou4 bu4 jie1 guo1 Meaning

Meanings

• don't act until the time is ripe (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

bu4 dao4 huo3 hou4 bu4 jie1 guo1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 到dao4to (a place) 火huo3surname Huo 候hou4to wait 不bu4(negative prefix) 揭jie1to take the lid off 锅guo1pot