生不逢时 shēngbùféngshí ahead of time Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 生不逢时 (生不逢時) shēngbùféngshí ahead of time idiom born before one's ideas, talents, or vision could be understood or appreciated by society ill-fated born at an inopportune time or under an unlucky star; often used to complain about one's fate or lack of opportunity Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.394 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
生不逢时 (生不逢時) shēngbùféngshí ahead of time idiom born before one's ideas, talents, or vision could be understood or appreciated by society ill-fated born at an inopportune time or under an unlucky star; often used to complain about one's fate or lack of opportunity Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.394 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
