失之交臂 shīzhījiāobì to brush past Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 失之交臂 shīzhījiāobì to brush past To rub shoulders or brush arms with someone while passing by to narrowly miss To let a great opportunity or a person slip by Frequency Movie subtitles 0.600 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.21 per million Cross-References Same as 交臂失之 jiāobìshīzhī当面错过 dāngmiàncuòguò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
失之交臂 shīzhījiāobì to brush past To rub shoulders or brush arms with someone while passing by to narrowly miss To let a great opportunity or a person slip by Frequency Movie subtitles 0.600 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.21 per million Cross-References Same as 交臂失之 jiāobìshīzhī当面错过 dāngmiàncuòguò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
