煮熟的鸭子飞了 in English zhu3 shu2 de5 ya1 zi5 fei1 le5 Meaning

Meanings

  • the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
  • (metaphorically) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers

Simplified Characters

煮 熟 的 鸭 子 飞 了

Traditional Characters

煮 熟 的 鴨 子 飛 了

Pinyin

zhu3 shu2 de5 ya1 zi5 fei1 le5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

煮zhu3variant of 煮[zhu3] 熟shu2cooked (of food) 的de5of 鸭ya1duck 子zi5son 飞fei1to fly 了le5(completed action marker)