来不及

lái bu jí · lai bu ji

Traditional 來不及

Meaning

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  1. there's not enough time (to do sth)
  2. it's too late (to do sth)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)时(shí)间(jiān)来(lái)不(bu)及(jí)啦(la),你(nǐ)快(kuài)一(yì)点(diǎn)呀(ya)!

I don't have enough time, hurry up!

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by soj4l · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

不(bù),如(rú)果(guǒ)不(bù)从(cóng)现(xiàn)在(zài)开(kāi)始(shǐ)练(liàn)习(xí),就(jiù)来(lái)不(bu)及(jí)了(le) 。

No, if you do not start practising from now onwards, it would be too late.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fengli · English by BobbyLee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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