为时过早

為時過早

wéishíguòzǎo

idiom #17,011

Meanings

Literally 'as for the time, it is too early'

Xiànzài xià jiélùn wéishíguòzǎo.

It's too early to draw a conclusion now.

Shuō tā yǐjīng chénggōng le, hái wéishíguòzǎo.

It's still premature to say he has succeeded.

Tǎolùn zhè ge wèntí wéishíguòzǎo, wǒmen hái xūyào gèng duō shùjù.

It's too soon to discuss this issue — we still need more data.

grammar

为时过早 functions as a predicate and is often preceded by 还 (hái, still). The opposite is 为时已晚 (wéishíyǐwǎn, it's already too late).

为 wèi

时 shí

过 guò

早 zǎo