HSK 4 HSK V4
Correct
来不及
/ láibují /
Strokes
Definition
there's not enough time (to do sth)/it's too late (to do sth)
Example
As a Verb
not have enough time to do sth; find no time to do sth; it's too late to do sth
1
Kuài
快
diǎnr
点儿
!
Shíjiān
时间
láibují
来不及
le
了
。
Hurry up! We are running out of time. / We are pressed for time.
2
Xíngchéng
行程
jǐnzhāng
紧张
,
wǒmen
我们
láibují
来不及
guàng
逛
nàli
那里
de
的
shāngdiàn
商店
le
了
。
The itinerary was so fully arranged that we found no time to visit shops there.
3
Shàngbān
上班
shíjiān
时间
dào
到
liǎo
了
,
tā
她
láibují
来不及
bǎ
把
háizi
孩子
sòng
送
dào
到
tuōérsuǒ
托儿所
。
It was time for her to go to work and she didn't get much time to send the kid to the nursery.
4
Láibují
来不及
zǐxì
仔细
kǎolǜ
考虑
le
了
。
It's too late to think twice.
5
Láibují
来不及
chī
吃
zǎofàn
早饭
le
了
,
kuài
快
zǒu
走
!
No time for breakfast. Let's go without it!