jiāo​bì​shī​zhī

to miss narrowly

  1. very close
    arm in arm; very close together, often used to describe missing an opportunity while standing right next to it or meeting a close friend
  2. to miss
    to miss; to let slip; to fail to seize something like an opportunity or chance
  3. zhī pronoun
    it
    Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".