急脚鬼

急腳鬼

jíjiǎoguǐ

idiom

Meanings

Nǐ bié zuò jíjiǎoguǐ, shìqing zǒng děi yī bù yī bù lái.

Don't be such a hothead — things have to go one step at a time.

Tā shì chūle míng de jíjiǎoguǐ, huà méi tīng wán jiù qù bàn le.

He's a famous impatient type — he rushed off to do it before the speaker had even finished.

usage

Somewhat literary/older-sounding. In modern casual speech, 急性子 is far more common for the same meaning.

急 jí

脚 jiǎo

鬼 guǐ